DCM 1418: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain museum object photo

Ferrules decoration includes 2 center beads with smaller knurled outer beads. All keys above D# relatively modern key cup design with knurled decoration.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Rosewood(?), silver cap, keys, and ferrules.; 73.95 cm.
Key Holes System: 11 keys, to low B-flat, including F# vent key for RH 2nd finger. Pewter plugs over square plates for low D# to B-flat. Pin in block. Longer keys have pairs of counter-direction springs, one riveted to key, the other screwed to instrument.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Mark Additional: Key levers hallmarked: (bust in left profile) (?) (6-pointed star) ITC. Engraved on ferrule: "From father to Son 1841. John L. Crew. 1842."
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked and filled.
Provenance: Boston Antique Shop, Boston, 18 Oct. 1940. Obtained by the Boston shop from Mrs. Adelbert L. Huntington. DCM ledger: "From a Chaplin family of Albany. In family 108 years." See DCM 1475.

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.