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Violin bow

Fixed frog of ivory, ornately carved, pierced through its length, with a silver ferrule.

  • Date:
    c.1770
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  • Collection:
    Ashmolean Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Germany, probably
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  • Materials:wood, ivory, silver, horsehair
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  • Inscriptions:inscription/mark: DODD (Branded twice on the stick)
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  • Repository:Ashmolean Museum
  • Measurements:718 mm bow overall length; 248 mm bow balance point length; 605 mm bow hair length; 48 g bow weight; 31.6 mm head length; 8.6 mm head width; 7.5 mm head hair width; 47 mm frog length; 19.8 mm frog height; 10.6 mm frog width; 8.5 mm frog hair width; 17.5 mm adjuster length