Instrumententyp: Flöte in C Mittel: Buchsbaum, Elfenbeinkappe und Fassung, Lippenblech und Schlüssel aus Neusilber, Kopf mit Metallunterlage.

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, nickel silver lip plate and keys, metal-lined head.; 66 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over metal-lined holes for C#, C. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (4-petalled flower) / RUDALL & ROSE / N° 1 TAVISTOCK STREET / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON / (4-petalled flower) / 4328
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on barrel, lower body, foot: (4-petalled flower) / RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON / (4-petalled design)
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked and filled.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 26 Apr. 1923.

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.