Violoncello bow

Alternate name(s)

Cello bow

Date1890-1930 ca.

Place MadeMirecourt, France, Europe

ModelLamy

Serial No.none

SignedBranded on stick: A.LAMY A PARIS
MarkingsWritten in pencil on tip plate: 71 / 7
Written in pencil on slide: 7
Written in pencil on both sides of frog: 7
DescriptionStick: round; pernambuco; uneven faceting at handle
Head: long, flat nose
Handle: long nipple
Frog: ebony; rounded back edge; nickel-silver ferrule, heel-plate, and lining; two nickel-silver pins through lining into frog; nickel-silver pin in heel-plate on underside of frog; front corners of ferrule chamfered; abalone eyes; nickel-abalone slide
Adjuster: ebony; two nickel-silver bands; nickel-silver pin through outer band; missing eye
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory
Wrapping: nickel-silver wire; short
Grip: brown leather
DimensionsStick length: 691 mm
Head height: 25.4 mm
Head width (bottom): 10.9 mm
Stick width near tip: 6.2 mm (top to bottom); 5.8 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.5 mm (top to bottom); 8.4 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 9.0 mm (top to bottom); 8.9 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 23.5 mm (front); 23.4 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 50.1 mm
Frog length (bottom): 50.0 mm
Frog width (top): 9.1 mm (front); 9.1 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 14.8 mm (front); 14.0 mm (back)
Weight: 70.1 grams

Credit LineGift of Lothar Meisel, 2006

Object number13003

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