Abel Siccama 10-Keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1845-1862
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Abel Siccama in London, England around 1845 to 1862. It is a 10-keyed flute, serial #338, made of rosewood with silver ferrules and keys. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SICCAMA.<br>PATENTEE.<br>LONDON.<br>338</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Abel Siccama was awarded British Patent #10,553 on March 13, 1845 for “Improvements in the manufacture of flutes, and other musical instruments.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
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 James M. Swain
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0016.25
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.25
label: patent number
content: 10,553
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 64.135 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm