Violin
Date1850-1890 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
ModelStainer
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: wide grain; filled flaw in lower bass corner, under purfling
Back: one-piece, semi-slab-cut maple: plain
Ribs: maple cut off-the-quarter: plain
Head and neck: maple: plain; tall rise over top edge; pegbox terminates in an abstract lion's head with holes drilled in the ears, and a separate red-painted maple tongue, the end carved into a dowel, glued into a hole drilled in the mouth
Arching: full, symmetrical arching begins far inside purfling; possibly machine-carved
Decoration: castle on a rock outcrop with turrets and crenellated towers carved in relief on lower back; silver-colored metal inserted into three window openings
Varnish: light brown; shaded over back decoration
Fingerboard: ebony; later
Nut: black-stained dark hardwood
Tailpiece: ebony; decoratively molded saddle carved rather than inlaid; decorative reeding and fluting below curved groove at bottom end; scalloped bottom edge; one silver-plated brass fine tuner
Tailgut: red gut
Pegs: four black-varnished ebony with mother-of-pearl eyes
Saddle: black-varnished walnut; set into top
Endpin: ebony; possibly later
F-holes: notch edges rounded off; inside edges stained dark red-brown
Linings: small spruce at joint between center treble rib and back; no linings at other joints
Corner blocks: hollow spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Top block: integral with neck; wider at top; spruce shims between top block and ribs
Bassbar: very narrow; very short
DimensionsTotal Violin length: 593 mm
Back length: 361 mm
Upper bout width: 170 mm
Center bout width: 104 mm
Lower bout width: 212 mm
Upper rib height: 30-32 mm
Center rib height: 30-33 mm
Lower rib height: 31-33 mm
Stop length: 198 mm
Vibrating string length: 328 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 132 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01303
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1880-1900 ca.
