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Viola bow

stick: pernambuco, octagonal for more than a quarter of its length, then round with a very slightly 'hatchet'-shaped head, almost modern in style, with a not very pronounced nose, lined and faced with ebony and ivory; frog: yellowed ivory, ornamental; adjuster: ivory, octagonal, rather bigger than usual; length 729, hair 636, diameter at frog 9.0, diameter at head 5.0, weight: 57.3 gr.

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  • Period:mid 18th century
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  • Decorative elements:frog is ornately cut in C-form fore and aft; what remains of it is fluted
  • Inscriptions:stamped on each side of the stick: DODD|scratched on flank of frog: barely legible initials 'E.C' or ‘L.C.’|scratched on both sides of frog and stick: 234 xx
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music