English system. Serial number 5483. Oval paper label: 'By Her Majesty's Letters Patent, C. Wheatstone, Inventor, 20 Conduit St., Regent St., London.'
Flat simple rosewood ends, glazed cardboard backing.
48 ivory buttons, black accidentals, stamped.
Green leather straps with brass screws.
Four-fold green leather bellows with gold star papers.
Round-end brass reeds, with large single rivet and circular pan label, 'Wheatstone & Co., 20 Conduit St, Regent St, London.' Pan is white pigskin-lined.
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