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Details
A ONE-KEYED TORTOISESHELL VENEERED FLUTE
Unstamped
Ivory mounts, ivory endcap decorated with an enamelled scene of four putti making music, one gilt trapezoid-padded key with floral decorated touchpiece with a miniature ivory child's head on the key
23 in. (59.1 cm.) the sounding length
Unstamped
Ivory mounts, ivory endcap decorated with an enamelled scene of four putti making music, one gilt trapezoid-padded key with floral decorated touchpiece with a miniature ivory child's head on the key
23 in. (59.1 cm.) the sounding length
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR1394.
Literature
1934 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 278, no. 32.