Wenzel Stowassers Söhne B-Flat Trumpet: Museum Object and Cultural History
Wenzel Stowassers Söhne B-Flat Trumpet: date made: 1873 - 1900. maker: Wenzel Stowassers Söhne. Object Name: trumpet.
The object in the museum catalogue
This trumpet was made by Wenzel Stowaasers Söhne in Graslitz (Kraslice) in Bohemia around 1873 to 1900. It is a B-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim, with three rotary valves with mother-of-pearl inlays on the finger levers. This trumpet is engraved:
Wenzel Stowasser started making brass instruments in 1824 in Graslitz. After his death in 1860, the firm was continued by his sons Josef, Julius, and Richard as W. Stowaasers Söhne.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1873 - 1900
- maker: Wenzel Stowassers Söhne
- Object Name: trumpet
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Physical Description: nickel silver (overall material)
- Physical Description: pearl (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 18 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 7 in; 46.99 cm x 11.43 cm x 17.78 cm
- place made: Czech Republic: Karlovarský Kraj, Kraslice
- ID Number: MI.214566
- accession number: 39076
- catalog number: 214566
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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