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Bugle, C, B-flat
Date: 1861
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Model: British Duty Bugle
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell garland: RUDALL. ROSE. / CARTE & CO / MANUFACTURERS. / 20, CHARING CROSS / LONDON.
MarkingsDedication engraved in italics on bell: Presented / by the / Countess Amherst. / to / The 33rd Company / of the / Kent Rifle Volunteers. / 1861.
Complete series of hallmarks stamped on the bell:
maker’s mark: J·M·R [within rectangle with beveled corners]
lion passant
leopard’s head
date letter: f [1861/62]
sovereign’s head: Queen Victoria
Hallmarks stamped on first bow:
maker’s mark: J·M [·R]
Queen Victoria’s head (incomplete)
lion passant (incomplete)
Hallmarks stamped on ferrule between first and second bow:
lion passant
maker’s mark: J·M·R
Hallmarks stamped on third bow:
maker’s mark: J·M·R
Queen Victoria’s head (? faint)
lion passant
Hallmarks stamped on ferrule between third and fourth bow:
maker’s mark: J·M·R
lion passant
Hallmarks stamped on mouthpiece:
maker’s mark J·M·R
lion passant
leopard’s head
date letter: f
Queen Victoria’s head
Brass shield on lid of case engraved: 33rd K. R. V.
Complete series of hallmarks stamped on the bell:
maker’s mark: J·M·R [within rectangle with beveled corners]
lion passant
leopard’s head
date letter: f [1861/62]
sovereign’s head: Queen Victoria
Hallmarks stamped on first bow:
maker’s mark: J·M [·R]
Queen Victoria’s head (incomplete)
lion passant (incomplete)
Hallmarks stamped on ferrule between first and second bow:
lion passant
maker’s mark: J·M·R
Hallmarks stamped on third bow:
maker’s mark: J·M·R
Queen Victoria’s head (? faint)
lion passant
Hallmarks stamped on ferrule between third and fourth bow:
maker’s mark: J·M·R
lion passant
Hallmarks stamped on mouthpiece:
maker’s mark J·M·R
lion passant
leopard’s head
date letter: f
Queen Victoria’s head
Brass shield on lid of case engraved: 33rd K. R. V.
DescriptionSolid silver; double loop; Saxon rim; crook for B-flat; no tuning slide.
The dedication inscription on the bell refers to Gertrude Percy (1814-1890), wife of William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl of Amherst of Arracan. Getrude Percy received the title Countess Amherst of Arracan on March 13, 1857.
The dedication inscription on the bell refers to Gertrude Percy (1814-1890), wife of William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl of Amherst of Arracan. Getrude Percy received the title Countess Amherst of Arracan on March 13, 1857.
DimensionsHeight: 243 mm
Tube length: 1165 mm (C), 1290 mm (B-flat)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.5 mm, 10.7 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
Tube length: 1165 mm (C), 1290 mm (B-flat)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.5 mm, 10.7 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Tony Bingham, London, England. Previously owned by the 33rd Kent Rifle Volunteers, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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. 217-20, 267.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments, ed. by Trevor Herbert, Arnold Myers, and John Wallace (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), p. 91.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments, ed. by Trevor Herbert, Arnold Myers, and John Wallace (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), p. 91.
Object number: 07344