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Violin bow

stick: pernambuco, octagonal, wound with silver and black braided wire; head: rather square, with an ivory face; frog: ebony, unlined, but silver-mounted; slide and back-plate pearl; tip of adjuster is octagonal, of ebony and silver, with pearl eye in the end; length 344, hair 273, diameter at frog 6.0, diameter at head 3.0, weight 18.2 gr.

  • Date:
    early 19th century
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  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    London (Timezone: Europe/London)
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  • Period:early 19th century
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  • Decorative elements:frog: sides are elaborately decorated: 2 rectangles of pearl, one inside the other, with the front edge concave; tip of adjuster with inlaid facets of pearl
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music