Willis & Goodlad, an early 19th century boxwood and ivory fo...

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£480

Willis & Goodlad, an early 19th century boxwood and ivory four section eight key or "Irish" flute, c.1820/36, each section signed, 60cm or 24".
Mary Ann Willis and John Dunkin Goodlad operated from 25 Villiers Street, Strand, London, an area well known for flute makers. Excerpt from the London Gazette: "Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore carried on by us the undersigned, Mary Ann Willis and John Dunkin Goodlad, as Flute-Manufacturers, at 25 Villiers-Street, in the Strand, is hereby dissolved on the 30th of June 1836, by mutual consent; and all persons indebted to the said concern are to pay the amount of their debts to the said John Dunkin Goodlad, who will discharge all claims on the same".
See the National Museum Collection South Dakota for another example by this maker; https://emuseum.nmmusd.org/objects/5008
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Ivory exemption certificate: MTF33P4X