Here is a delightful, boxwood clarinet in C made by WHITAKER LONDON. According to Waterhouse, William ‘A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors’, Whitaker can be traced as an instrument maker between the late 18th century and 1837. Since the signature does not include the addition ‘& Co’, which was used later, from 1819 onwards, the date of this clarinet’s creation is shortly before 1819, since it is already a fully equipped instrument with eight keys. The instrument features brass keys and ivory rings and possibly its original mouthpiece.