Violoncello bow

Alternate name(s)

Cello bow

Date1880-1930 ca.

Place MadeSaxony, Vogtland, Germany, Europe

Serial No.none

Signednone
MarkingsScratched on frog lining: |||
Typed on small paper label affixed to slide: 4
Written in pencil on tip plate: 76 4
Written in pencil on frog, toward player: 8
Written in pencil on frog, away from player: 4
DescriptionStick: round; pernambuco; uneven faceting at handle
Head: rounded ridge
Frog: ebony; rounded back edge; silver ferrule and heel-plate; nickel-silver lining; two nickel-silver pins through lining into frog; silver pin in heel-plate on underside of frog and at back near handle; front corners of ferrule rounded; abalone eyes; abalone slide
Adjuster: ebony; two silver bands; abalone eye, perhaps later
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory
Wrapping: silver wire with black leather ring
Grip: brown leather
DimensionsStick length: 698 mm
Head height: 27.9 mm
Head width (bottom): 12.2 mm
Stick width near tip: 6.3 mm (top to bottom); 6.2 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.8 mm (top to bottom); 8.7 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 9.3 mm (top to bottom); 9.7 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 23.5 mm (front); 23.7 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 49.9 mm
Frog length (bottom): 50.2 mm
Frog width (top): 9.7 mm (front); 9.5 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 13.6 mm (front); 13.4 mm (back)
Weight: 76.0 grams

Credit LineGift of Lothar Meisel, 2006

Object number13001

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