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Viola bow (?treble viol)

concave stick, octagonal for 215mm, then rounded and fluted, with fluting carried along the shallow pike's head with upturned nose; head and frog unlined; frog open, without slide or ferrule, of ivory carved in shape of a fluted shell; iron screw, brass eye; adjuster ivory, carved as scrolled shell; length 697, hair 588, stick 677, diameter at frog 10.0, diameter at head 6.0, weight 59 gr.

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  • Inscriptions:unsigned; scratched inscription 'HW B3' on underside of frog
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music