Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012
Concert zither
1880–1900
Hartmann Bros. & Reinhard
Overall: 59.7 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm (23 1/2 x 15 x 1 1/2 in.)
Wood, brass, mother-of-pearl, ivory
Classification: Musical instruments
Object Place: New York City, New York, United States
Accession number: 2012.434
Provenance/Ownership History: By 2012, sold at auction by source unidentified, Pennsylvania, to A. Appletree Antiques, Roseland, New Jersey; 2012, sold by A. Appletree Antitques to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Friends of the Collection Fund