Fox-hunting Horn, C
Maker
Samuel Whitford
Date1869-1870 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedFull set of hallmark stamped on bell: SW [maker’s mark]; lion passant; leopard’s head; O [date-letter]; Queen Victoria's head.Hallmarks stamped on mouthpiece: SW; Queen Victoria’s head; lion passant.
Hallmarks stamped on receiver ferrule: SW; Queen Victoria’s head; lion passant.
DescriptionSolid silver, one straight conical tube with tab seam and slightly flaring bell. Mouthpiece soldered to instrument; no backbore.
Typical English fox-hunting horn, made by the goldsmith Samuel Whitford (1818-after 1891), who entered the initials "SW" at the London Goldsmith's Hall in 1856. The horn was made in 1869 or 1870 according to the shape of the date letter "O".
DimensionsHeight (mouthpiece included): 272 mm
Bell diameter: 57.6 mm
External diameter mouthpiece: 25 mm
Internal diameter mouthpiece: 16 mm
Depth of cup: ca. 10 mm
Throat diameter: ca. 4 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 203–204, 268.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07185
On View
Not on view
1880 ca.
