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Violin bow
stick: pernambuco, octagonal for about one third, then round, waxed and polished, with a graceful ‘bell’-head, unlined, with a sharp front edge carried right to the end; frog: white ivory, unlined, with no slide or ferrule; corner obliquely cut; no flange where the ferrule would be; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: covered with silver, octagonal; length 717, hair 613, diameter at frog 7.5, diameter at head 3.0, weight 52.5 gr.
- Date:
late 18th century - Maker:
Forster, William - Collection:
Royal Northern College of Music - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London)
- Culture:
- Period:late 18th century
- Materials:
- Specific materials/techniques:
- Decorative elements:in the end of the adjuster is an ivory circle stamped with a crown
- Inscriptions:stamped on each side of stick: FORSTER|inside the frog the number VIII incised|monogram engraved on each flank of the frog in antique: (Royal crown) / GR|on outside flank of frog: FORS.[illegible]
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:
- Repository:Royal Northern College of Music