Serpent, C
Date1810 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionBody made of wooden sections, hollowed out from two halves, painted red inside; cover of brown paper, painted black; brass ferrules, braces, and bocal.
Six fingerholes with wooden bushings (cocus?).
Seam of ferrules overlapping and riveted.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 630 mm
Internal diameter (instrument): ca. 25-85 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 5.
Gary M. Stewart, The Restoration and Cataloging of Four serpents in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota,1978, pp. 49-55;m plate XXIII-XXVI, pp. 52-55.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01363
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1810-1820 ca.
1800-1820 ca.
1820-1830 ca.
