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1830-1835
GUSN-63747
Rectangular box with a hinged lid, inside the box are twenty-four glasses with black and gold decoration and the name of note that it would play when filled with water.
harmonicas
glass (material)
mahogany (wood)
American tulipwood (wood)
Instrument, Percussion
Harmonica, Glass
Harmonica, Glass
Barrett, George, 1801-1862
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
P1135
Attributed to Smith, Francis H. (Maker)
Baltimore, MD, USA
36 x 35 3/4 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Caroline Barr Wade
1948.249
Maryland (United States)
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