Photo of DCM 1231: Anthony Flute in C - Public domain dedication

This flute, a Walking Stick Flute (DCM 271), and a Clarinet (DCM 1662, formerly in the R. E. Sheldon Collection of Musical Instruments), are three of only five Anthony instruments discovered to date.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony(?), silver cap with ebony cork-setting mechanism, silver keys, and decorative ferrules.; 65.4 cm., 68.1 cm., 68.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 5 keys, G# (missing, including mount), F, B-flat, the low C# key lower portion have silver saddles, the E-flat key and C# key upper portion are pin in block. Square flat flap, foot to C#. The B-flat key is for LH 3rd finger. Each corps de rechange has a B-flat key, the one on the longest corps is missing, including mount.
Mark Maximum: (floral design) / ANTHONY / PHILADA. / (stemmed flower)
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Head: ANTHONY / PHILADA. / (floral design). Upper (2 corps, lower): ANTHONY / (flower). Upper: (design) / ANTHONY / (flower).
Condition: Missing parts, see above. Head joint, 2 cracks, and repaired, with modern compound. Lower body joint cracked at socket. Three cracks at foot joint socket.
Provenance: James Denning Price, West Hartford, Connecticut, 6 Dec. 1934.

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.