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Serpents

Metzler Serpent, ca. 1815

London, England
Western Europe

Wood, Brass, Leather, Ivory MPC
ca. 1812-1815

Height 74cm
Signed: Metzler, Wardour Street

This English "Military" style Serpent has tighter bends than the French "Church" style Serpent. Metal rods and a wide brass bell ring serves as reinforcement. The tube is wood bound with leather, six tone holes (two lined with ivory), 2 brass keys, brass crook with ivory mouthpiece. Provenance: Gallery Inauen, Switzerland

 

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Catalog#: HWMC