Walking Stick Flute
Date1775-1825
OriginEngland or Europe
Mediumboxwood cylinder; silver gromit in top section; brass tip at base.
DimensionsOverall Length: 33 3/4"; maximum diameter: 1 3/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1953-949
DescriptionFlute: long, tapering cylindrical tube in two sections; short upper section with pair of oval, silver-lined holes on each side (probably to receive a string); long, lower section with embouchure hole, six finger holes, terminating in brass tip. The wood portion of the flute decorated with faux tortoise shell.Inscribednone
Markingsnone
ProvenancePurchased from J. George Morley of London
Exhibition(s)
1788-1821
1765-1785
1785-1806
1809-1817
ca. 1795
1760-1780
1700-1730
1770
ca. 1785
ca. 1810
1790-1810