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1800–1850
Overall: 90 x 80 x 45 cm (35 7/16 x 31 1/2 x 17 11/16 in.)
Wood, brass
Classification: Musical instruments
Object Place: probably New England, United States
Accession number: 2012.433
Description: Hinged lid with paired stand
Provenance/Ownership History: Private owner for multiple generations, Ipswich, Massachusetts; by 2012, sold to a picker; January 2012, sold to Alexander Westerhoff Antiques, Essex, Massachusetts; 2012, sold by Westerhoff to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)
Museum purchase with funds from the Musical Instrument Curator's Fund and by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Friends of the Collection Fund