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Violoncello bow, with stick of brown graphite fibre, round section, ivory head face, horn frog with mother-of-pearl slide and ring and eye inlay, silver and ebony screw. Leather thumbgrip and wrapping of silver wire.

  • Date:
    20th century
  • Maker:
    Roderic von Bennigsen
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
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  • Place of production:
    Switzerland
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  • Materials:Graphite;Synthetic;Hair;Animal;Silver;Metal;Horn;Animal;Mother-of-Pearl;Shell
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  • Inscriptions:R. von Bennigsen
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  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 716 mm