Violin bow
Maker
Kurt Dölling
Date1975 ca.
Place MadeErlbach, Germany, Europe
SignedStamped on bow: KURT DÖLLINGMarkingsStamped on stick opposite side from name stamp: dk (both letter share a stem, k is above the d)
Stamped between frog and button: GERMANY
DescriptionBrown, octagonal pernambuco stick
Mounted with a silver and tortoise-shell frog
Frog has a Parisian eye with mother-of-pearl in the center
Solid silver button
All the silver fittings are engraved with leaf patterns, except for the button which has a geometric pattern engraved on it
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 number05881
On View
Not on view
1925 ca.
