NMM 4166.  Flute by Richard Potter, London, ca. 1750-1770. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on all sections: POTTER / LONDON (in bipartite scroll). Boxwood, ivory mounts. One closed, silver key: D-sharp. Lowest note d'. Total length, 602.2 mm. Sounding length, 544.2 mm. Ex coll.: Efrim Fruchtman, Memphis. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Endowment Fund, 1987.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 48, 59, 60-61, 63.

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NMM 4438.  Flute by Richard Potter, London, ca. 1750-1770. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on all sections: POTTER / LONDON (in bipartite scroll). Boxwood, ivory mounts. One closed, silver key: D-sharp. Lowest note d'. Total length, 605.4 mm. Sounding length, 535 mm. Ex coll.: Alec Hodsdon, Lavenham, England. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 48, 59, 62-64.

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NMM 2360.  Flute by Richard Potter, London, ca. 1785-1800. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on barrel of tuning slide: 6 / POTTER / IOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON; on middle section and heart piece: POTTER / LONDON; on foot: POTTER / LONDON; on ivory ferrule above register: PATENT; on wood below ivory ferrule: 6. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide, screw-cap, and register graduated (six concentric rings stamped with Arabic numerals). Metal lining in head joint, tuning slide, and foot register. Four silver keys fitted with patented pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Lowest note d'. Total length, 598.6 mm. Sounding length, 528.45 mm. Ex coll.: Ellis Houghton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 52, 59, 69-71.

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NMM 4440.  Flute by Richard Potter, London, ca. 1785-1800. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on tuning slide barrel: 6 / POTTER / IOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON; on upper section and heart piece: POTTER / LONDON; on foot: PATENT / POTTER / LONDON; on ivory ring adjacent to barrel: PATENT. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide, screw-cap, both graduated (six concentric rings stamped with Arabic numerals). Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Six silver keys fitted with patented pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Articulated keys: c' and c'-sharp. Lowest note c'. Total length, 667.2. Sounding length, ca. 591.4 mm. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 52, 59, 67-69.

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NMM 4337.  Flute by Richard Potter, London, ca. 1785-1800. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on tuning slide barrel: 6 / POTTER / IOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON; on upper section and heart piece: POTTER / LONDON; on foot: PATENT / POTTER / LONDON. Ivory, unmounted. Tuning slide and screw-cap, both graduated (six concentric rings stamped with Arabic numerals). Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Six silver keys fitted with patented pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Articulated keys: c'-sharp and c' (lever vaulted over c'-sharp). Lowest note c'. Total length, 666.5 mm. Sounding length, 594.9 mm. Ex coll.: Ellis Houghton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 17, 52, 64-66.

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NMM 2357.  Flute (composite) by Richard and William Henry Potter, London, ca. 1790-1814. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on tuning slide barrel: 6 / POTTER / IOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON; on middle section and heart piece: POTTER / LONDON; on foot: PATENT / WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER; on ivory ferrule adjacent to barrel: PATENT. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide, screw-cap, foot register. Tuning slide and register graduated (six concentric rings stamped with Arabic numerals). Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Six silver keys fitted with patented pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Articulated keys: c'-sharp, c'. Lowest note c'. Total length, 661.3 mm. Sounding length, 587.8 mm. Ex coll.: Philip A. T. Bate, London. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 52, 59, 71-73.

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NMM 2359.  Flute, England, ca. 1800. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on all sections: POTTER / LONDON; on head, tuning-slide barrel, and foot: PATENT. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide and ivory screw-cap, graduated, lacking Potter's stamped Arabic numerals. Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Six silver keys fitted with pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Articulated keys: c' and c'-sharp. Lowest note c'. Total length, 670.4 mm. Sounding length, 590.1 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 207-208.

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NMM 4437.  Flute, England or Germany, ca. 1800-1825. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on head and foot: POTTER / LONDON. Stained (box?) wood, bone mounts. One closed, silver key (replacement?): D-sharp. Lowest note d'. Total length, 596.1 mm. Sounding length, 520.5 mm. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 207, 209.

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NMM 4291.  Flute by William Henry Potter, London, ca. 1806-1814. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on tuning slide barrel: WILL^M. HEN^Y /POTTER / IOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON; on middle sections: WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER; on foot: PATENT / WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide, screw-cap, foot register, all graduated (six concentric rings stamped with Arabic numerals). Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Four closed, silver keys fitted with patented pewter plugs: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Lowest note d'. Total length, 597.2 mm. Sounding length, 516.6 mm. Ex coll.: Ellis Houghton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 57, 59, 77-78.

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NMM 4439.  Flute by William Henry Potter, London, ca. 1806-1814. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on tuning slide barrel: 6 / WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER / IOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON; on upper section and heart piece: WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER; on foot: PATENT / WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide, screw-cap, both graduated (six concentric rings stamped with Arabic numerals). Metal lining in head joint. Six silver keys fitted with patented pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Articulated keys: c'-sharp, c'. Lowest note c'. Total length, 664.1 mm. Sounding length, 591.85 mm. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.

Lit.:  Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 57, 59, 74-77.

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NMM 2358.  Flute (composite) by William Henry Potter and William Milhouse, London, ca. 1806-1837. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on upper section: WILL^M. HEN^Y / POTTER; on foot: POTTER / LONDON; on heart piece: W. MILHOUSE / LONDON. Boxwood, ivory mounts. Tuning slide (Milhouse), screw-cap (missing). Tuning slide graduated. Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Six silver keys. All but F key (Milhouse) fitted with Potter's patented pewter plugs. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp. Articulated keys: c'-sharp, c'. Lowest note c'. Total length (cap missing), 658.6 mm. Sounding length, ca. 587.5 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.