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Serpent
Georges Antoine Baudouin (French, 1736–1816)
about 1820
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Pearwood, leather, brass, ivory
Dimensions
Length 84.7 cm (33 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph R. Coolidge in memory of his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge
Accession Number1981.760
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionTraditional serpent shape. Pearwood (?) body covered with leather, with later (?) green paint. Six fingerholes with ivory bushings. Brass bocal and ferrule. Period ivory mouthpiece.
InscriptionsStamped inside bell: BAUDOUIN
ProvenanceBefore 1945, Sarah Choate Sears (Mrs. Joseph Montgomery Sears) (1858-1935), Boston, Massachusetts; 1945, sold by the estate of Sarah Choate Sears to Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981), New York; 1981, by inheritance to her husband, Joseph R. Coolidge (1916-1999), New York; 1981, gift of Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1981)