Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WM. Seefeldt

Wood, metal, leather, gut strings, fiber ropes, paint
ca. 1878-1890
Height: 13 in; Diameter: 17 in
Percussion – Indefinite Pitch – Drum

Label inside:  WM. Seefeldt / Manufacturer of / Brass and German Silver Musical Instruments / 731 Race Street, Philadelphia, with two circular seals: Philadelphia 1876; Paris 1878.

A marquetry snare drum with floral and bird inlay on the outside body.  The rims are painted with black decorative vines.  It is all original with leather tension tongs, skin drumheads, and gut snares on the bottom drumhead. Inside it bears a label from William Seefeldt, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Resource: ‘The New Langwill Index: A Dictionary of Musical Wind Instrument Makers and inventors.” William Waterhouse, 1993. Pub: Tony Bingham, London.