Antique Bass Recorder with Brass Keywork, 19th Century, Three-Piece Wooden Recorder, Restoration Project 50s spanish pottery While English firms also produced

While English firms also produced similar designs

It measures 2 5/8 in length - the sterling silver hook has a length of 1 1/2

There is a diagonal slash pocket built into either side and the jacket is fully lined in a chartreuse yellow acetate fabric

taken at the armpits

probably a manufacturing byproduct

Antique Bass Recorder with Brass Keywork, 19th Century, Three-Piece Wooden Recorder, Restoration Project 50s spanish pottery While English firms also producedThis antique bass recorder is an expertly crafted nineteenth century wooden instrument, likely dating to the late Victorian period, circa 18701900. Although unsigned, its quality of constructionincluding individually mounted brass keywork, traditional three piece construction, turned wooden fontanelle (key cover), and finely finished woodsuggests that it was made by a skilled workshop, probably in Germany, for serious musical use rather than as a