Serpent in C
Artwork Details
- Title: Serpent in C
- Date: early 19th century
- Geography: United Kingdom
- Culture: British
- Medium: Wood, leather, ivory, brass, sheet iron
- Dimensions: Length 725 mm, Diam. of bell 105 mm, Length of crook ca. 247 mm
- Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.1295
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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