Violin bow
Date1900-1930 ca.
Place MadeEgerland, Austria-Hungary
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Place MadeCzech Republic
Place MadeCzechoslovakia
ModelL. Bausch
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on stick: L. BAUSCHMarkingsScratched on underside of stick at wrapping position, under varnish and on frog lining: X X
DescriptionStick: round; red-varnished brazilwood
Handle: no nipple
Frog: ebony; nickel-silver ferrule (removed) and lining; no heel-plate; mother-of-pearl or abalone eyes; mother-of-pearl or abalone slide; back corner of frog chamfered; tip plate fastened to frog with one brass pin behind eyelet
Adjuster: ebony; two nickel-silver bands; mother-of-pearl eye
Tip plate: missing
Wrapping: missing
Hair: metallic bow hair attached at tip and frog with black-painted metal loops
DimensionsStick length: 713 mm
Head height: 21.7 mm
Head width (bottom): 10.3 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.1 mm (top to bottom); 4.5 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.0 mm (top to bottom); 8.0 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 8.9 mm (top to bottom); 8.7 mm (side to side)
Frog height: (front n/a); 22.0 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 42.9 mm
Frog length (bottom): 44.2 mm
Frog width (top): 8.8 mm (front); 9.2 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 13.2 mm (front); 13.2 mm (back)
Weight (without ferrule): 55.8 grams
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number10565
On View
Not on view1800-1850 ca.
1950-1970 ca.
1880-1930 ca.
1890-1930 ca.
1920-1940 ca.
1890-1930 ca.