Artist: William Shute Tompkins (1812-1882)
Date: 1860
Technique: Music
Side (snare) drum by W. S. Tompkins, Yonkers, New York, 1860 (NMM 10141). This ornately decorated presentation drum was commissioned for the drummer Thomas J. Hellrigle, by several citizens of Dayton, Ohio. The mahogany shell features a field of stars arranged in concentric circles around a large central star. There are ten leather tugs cut in the shape of shields, each with the initials T.J.H. engraved on small silver-plated shields affixed to the tug. A large, silver-plated shield attached directly to the drum shell is engraved with Hellrigle
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