Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012


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Flute

about 1830
Bacon & Hart
Length: 66.9 cm (26 5/16 in.)
Boxwood, ivory, nickel silver

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Accession number: 2012.265

Description: 8 keys, lined head joint

Provenance/Ownership History: 1979, sold by James Francis, Toledo, Ohio, to Robert E. Eliason, Hanover, New Hampshire; 2012, gift of Eliason to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)

Gift of Robert E. and Ellen I. Eliason