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Violin

'Model without corners and with two-lobed bottom. Back of one piece of sycamore. Pine belly with C holes back to back. A flat tailpiece of ebony inlaid with an arrow pattern, and a nearly flat, plain ebony fingerboard' (Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments. (London, 1998), pp. 17 - 18).

  • Date:
    1835-1840 (made)
  • Maker:
    Howell, Thomas
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Bristol
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  • Materials:Planed pine, sycamore and ebony
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  • Inscriptions:Gasparo da Salo
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 60 cm, Length: 30.5 cm body, Depth: 3 cm