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Flute, C
Maker: Jean Baptiste Martin
Date: 1775-1800 ca.
Place Made:La Couture, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedNearly illegible, stamped on head joint, upper middle, and lower middle joints: MARTIN / [lion rampant]
Markingsnone
DescriptionBoxwood body in four sections. One brass key with rectangular flap mounted in a turned block, with spring attached to the wood. Animal horn ferrules, except for one brass ferrule on the foot which is a later replacement.
Attribution to Jean Baptiste Martin is based on the similarity of the maker’s stamp (as faint as it is) to that of more clearly marked flageolets and a flute in collections in Washington, D. C., and in Amsterdam.
Attribution to Jean Baptiste Martin is based on the similarity of the maker’s stamp (as faint as it is) to that of more clearly marked flageolets and a flute in collections in Washington, D. C., and in Amsterdam.
DimensionsOverall length: 614 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.9 mm x 8.9 mm
Sounding length: 545.5 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.9 mm x 8.9 mm
Sounding length: 545.5 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02767