111. The Exceptionally Important Jordan B. Noble Infantry Snare Drum, early 19th c., label inscribed in ink “JB Noble” and engraved “Klemm & Brother’s / Piano Forte & Music Warehouse,” shell painted with Federal eagle, brass tack decoration, calfskin heads, rope and leather tensioners, h. 16 1/2 in., dia. 16 3/4 in. $200000/250000
Provenance: Jordan B. Noble (1800-1890); Gaspar Cusachs (1855-1929), acquired from the wife of Noble, prior to 1903; The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, Louisiana State Museum. Exh.: Transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States Centennial, Colonial Museum, New Orleans, 1903; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904; Louisiana State Museum, Cabildo, New Orleans, 1909-2016, 107 years.
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