Ceramic trumpet, E-flat
Date1998
Place MadeMilsbeek, Netherlands, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedRaised stamp on bell with J (for Jacob) and a Jacob's ladder.Markingsnone
DescriptionWhite clay and porcelain mixture, hand-painted and glazed, formed of one piece, double loop; integral deep-cupped mouthpiece.
The manufacture of musical instrument in terracotta and clay goes back to Roman antiquity. Instruments made of ceramic and porcelain were particularly popular in the nineteenth century, when ocarinas became fashionable. Meissen in Germany was a center for musical instruments made of porcelain. Geert Jacobs specializes in all kinds of musical instruments of ceramic, mainly flutes and recorders, but also horns and trumpets; he even made a barrel organ.
DimensionsHeight: 623 mm
Tube length: ca. 2080 mm
Bore (throat): 4.5 mm
External diameter tubing (initial): 19.4 mm
Bell diameter: 175 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Geert Jacobs, Jacobsladder Pottery, Milsbeek, Holland.
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. 34, 281.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07355
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1900-1925 ca.
1890 ca.
1900-1925 ca.
