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: 60.7 cm (23 7/8 in.)
Boxwood, ivory, silver

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Accession number: 2012.266

Description: 1 key

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