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Violin bow
Violin bow of reddish hardwood with octagonal stick; the face of tip, the ferrule, the end-piece of the slide, the ends of screw and the fleu-de-lis inlaid on both sides of frog are of gold; the frog is of ebony with mother-of-pearl inlay in slide and screw.
- Date:
c.1950 - Maker:
Copley, Arthur - Collection:
Ashmolean Museum - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London)
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- Period:
- Materials:hardwood, gold, ebony, mother-of-pearl, horsehair
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- Inscriptions:inscription/mark: W.E.Hill & Sons and AFH (Alfred Frederick Hird) and A65. (Stamped on stick below frog)|inscription/mark: 1 (on tip, under horsehair)
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:
- Repository:Ashmolean Museum
- Measurements:740 mm approx. length