Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012


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Bowed zither ("Alexander violin")

about 1890
Invented by Sylvanus J. Talbott
Pine, maple, ebony

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Milford, New Hampshire, United States

Accession number: 2012.37

Provenance/Ownership History: Acquired at a flea market by Sidney Glickman, Riverdale, New York; April 2010, sold by Glickman to Tony Bingham, London; 2011, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 29, 2012)

Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Friends of the Collection Fund