Transverse Flute in D-flat
Object type: Transverse Flute in D-flat
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Date: 1760–90
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gold-plated brass
Dimensions: 1 3/8 × 24 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (3.5 × 62.5 × 3.2 cm)
Length (Smaller joint): 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
Length (Longer joint): 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Case: 1 3/4 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (4.4 × 25.7 × 16.5 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Geography:    South Germany or Saxony Germany  
Credit line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Accession year: 1943