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Flute
Probably by: Baldassarre Biglioni (Italian, 1719–before 1793)
about 1750–75
Object Place: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, silver
Dimensions
Length 63.4 cm (24 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1852
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn C. Conoidal bore. Boxwood, varnished light yellow-brown. Ivory rings and headcap with boxwood cork-adjustment screw. Made in four parts: headjoint, upper and lower bodyjoints, and footjoint. Elliptical embouchure. Six fingerholes. Two trapezoidal keys (Young type H) of silver (c-sharp' and d- sharp'). Key for c-sharp' mounted on ring and block with SATK; d-sharp' mounted on ring with SATW.
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint, lower bodyjoint and footjoint: I / BIGLIONI / IN ROMA; Stamped on headjoint underneath headcap: 263; stamped on upper bodyjoint: 4 / I / BIGLIONI / IN ROMA
ProvenanceBefore 1773, allegedly owned by J. J. Quantz (1697-1773), by descent to Albert Quantz; perhaps by 1873 (when Zoeller moved to England), sold by A. Quantz to Carli Zoeller (1840-1889), England; by 1916, sold by Zoeller to Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)