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Cello bow
stick: kind of snake-wood; after slightly facetted first quarter, round to a long rounded head, unfaced with squared-off point and noticeable chamfer; polished brown, with (later) leather lapping; frog: white polished ivory; no lining, slide or ferrule; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory; length 710, hair 595, diameter at frog 10.0, diameter at head 6.0, weight 74.1 gr.
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1755–65 - Maker:
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Royal Northern College of Music - Inventory number:
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England
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- Decorative elements:stick: slightly faceted along first quarter; frog: as coiled scaly serpent with pointed barbed tail in the middle, with hair issuing from mouth|adjuster: in shape of an elongated beehive, square, hatched, with small knob at end
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- Repository:Royal Northern College of Music