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Violoncello bow
Violoncello bow
Violoncello bow

Violoncello bow

Alternate name(s)
  • Cello bow
Date1975 ca.
Place MadeErlbach, Germany, Europe
SignedStamped on stick : KURT DÖLLING
MarkingsStamped on stick opposite side from name stamp: K

Stamped between frog and button: GERMANY
DescriptionPart of a quartet of Dölling bows.

Brown, octagonal pernambuco stick, mounted with a silver and tortoise-shell frog. The frog has a Parisian eye with mother-of-pearl in the center.
Solid silver button. All the silver fittings are engraved with a leaf pattern, except for the button, which has a geometric engraving.
ProvenanceKurt Dölling was related to the Meisels. His wife was Lothar Meisel's mother's cousin's daughter.

Purchased by Meisel Violins, Owatonna, Minnesota, from C. Meisel Music Co., Inc., New York, on April 7, 1975, for $2,234.08. According to a note from donor, "This quartett [sic] was in an intern. [sic] exhibition. Paris?-!---"

Credit LineGift of Neal and Karin Meisel Steffenson, 1995
Object number05883
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