DCM 0405: Potter Flute in C - Musical Instrument

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ivory, silver keys.; 66.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, square flaps, with pewter plug and silver mount for high C.
Mark Maximum: POTTER / SENIOR / LONDON / 1778
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on head, upper, lower section: POTTER / SENIOR
Provenance: Louis P. Fritze, Brooklyn, New York, 7 Apr. 1924.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.