Viola bow
Maker
Kurt Dölling
Date1975 ca.
Place MadeErlbach, Germany, Europe
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bow: KURT DÖLLINGMarkingsStamped between frog and button: GERMANY
DescriptionBrown, octagonal pernambuco stick
Mounted with a silver and tortoise-shell frog
Frog has a Parisien eye with mother-of-pearl in the center
Three-piece silver and ebony button
All of the silver fittings are engraved with leaf patterns
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 number05882
On View
Not on view1925 ca.