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Cello bow
stick: pernambuco, octagonal at end, then round, with modern leather lapping; small ivory plug in the mortise; head: lined , faced with ebony and ivory; frog: ivory, unlined, with no slide or ferrule; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory; length 718, hair 600, diameter at frog 8.0, diameter at head 5.0, weight 73.6 gr.
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1865–75 - Maker:
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Royal Northern College of Music - Inventory number:
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Germany
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- Decorative elements:frog in ivory carved in the form, of a boat-shaped vase with a fluted foot, with a scallop-shell on either side surrounded by leaves|adjuster carved as a fluted waisted knob ending in a convex button with hatched lines
- Inscriptions:inlaid ivory plate inscribed: SANCTUS SERAPHIN
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- Repository:Royal Northern College of Music