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Carter No.: 175

Handlist description: Silver trumpet embellished with gold

Card/Transcription No.: 175-2 


175 continued


the gold band (a) round the end has a garland decoration thus <>
the mouthpiece (c) plain this gold beaten on the silver.


Filled into the trumpet is a protective-wooden-core, having a lotiform decoration in colours,
and made evidently to prevent it being squashed in transport.


REMARKS: Cleaned with ammonia and water. Colour on wooden treated with celluloid.
Card no. 175-2 relating to Carter no. 175
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