Bass viol

"A seven-stringed viol. Belly of pine in one piece (or two pieces with an invisible join) and with painted lines of simulated purfling. Back made of two pieces of sycamore with painted purfling. Thin wooden side-linings to the body, of which the lower two corners are slightly pointed. An open scroll. Tailpiace, probably later, with crudely scored lines and attached to an end pin. Fingerboard of a wood like pear, with painted lines. Ivory nut (width 4.8 cm). Seven boxwood pegs." - Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments. (London, 1998), p. 5.