Blessing Super Artist Bb Trumpet 1947 - Silver

This is a Blessing Super Artist trumpet in rare silver plate! I can't be certain, but someone might have had this plated later in its life, or it could be an original from the factory. Obviously made famous by Clifford Brown, the Super Artist features a .468" XL bore, an underslung 3rd valve ring, microtuner on the tuning slide, and gorgeous bell engraving. Blessing based their designs for the Super Artist on the original French Bessons. The valves are in good shape, but eventually could use a valve refit sometime down the road, as there are some compression loss, as any horn from 1947. There are some minor plating loss and dings/dents, but no signs of red rot as far as I know. You can pick this up to own a piece of history in a rare form!