Higham Baritone Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1881-1898
name: label: maker
content: Higham, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This horn was made by Joseph Higham in Manchester, England, around 1881-1898. It is a baritone horn, serial #43270, made of silver-plated brass, with 3 piston valves. The horn is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>1st CLASS<br>EXHIBITION<br>PRIZE MEDAL<br>AWARDED<br>LONDON 1862 & DUBLIN 1865<br>TO<br>J. HIGHAM<br>MAKER<br>127<br>STRANGEWAYS<br>MANCHESTER<br>ENGLAND<br>43270<br>LYON & HEALY<br>SOLE AGENTS<br>CHICAGO</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Joseph Higham (1818-1883) established his business at 127 Strangeways in Manchester, England in 1842. From about 1881 to 1898, Higham was in partnership with Lyon & Healy in Chicago as sole agents to sell his instruments in the United States.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>As indicated in the inscription, Higham was awarded 1st class prize medals for his musical instruments at The International Exhibition of 1862, or Great London Exposition and The International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures held in Dublin in 1865.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Manchester
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Erickson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.70.30
label: accession number
content: 290484
label: catalog number
content: 70.30
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 59 cm x 25.5 cm; x 23 1/4 in x 10 1/16 in