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Violin bow, with pernambuco stick, octagonal, ivory head face, ebony frog with mother-of-pearl slide and ring and eye inlay, silver screw, thumbgrip of leather and wrapping of dark baleen.

  • Date:
    c.1900
  • Maker:
    Allen, Samuel [Person]
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
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  • Place of production:
    UK, England
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  • Materials:Pernambuco;Wood;Plant;Hair;Animal;Silver;Metal;Mother-of-Pearl;Shell;Whale Baleen
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  • Inscriptions:S. ALLEN
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  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 746 mm