Richard Potter 6-Keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1787 - 1800
name: label: maker
content: Potter, Richard
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Richard Potter in London, England around 1787 to 1800. It is a 6-keyed flute made of boxwood with ivory ferrules, an ivory crown cap, and silver keys. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>PATENT<br>6<br>POTTER<br>JOHNSON'S COURT<br>FLEET STREET<br>LONDON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Richard Potter (1726-1806) was granted British Patent #1499 on October 28, 1785 for “An improvement upon the musical instrument commonly called the German flute, and which invention was also as to parts thereof applicable to and an improvement upon most of such other musical wood instruments as are played upon with keys.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Flutes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Roberdeau Buchanan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.035625a
label: catalog number
content: 35625a
label: accession number
content: 97135
label: patent number
content: 1499
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 66.675 cm x 3.81 cm