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Violin bow
Date: 1770-1780 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Serial No: none
DescriptionThis bow has a hatchet-type head characteristic of the late 18th century and an early, though non-matching frog.
Stick: round; ironwood
Head: hatchet shaped head; tapered nose; rounded outline to back edge
Handle: no nipple; rounded upper side; lower side flat, likely originally had a bone or ivory plate; bone square and strip inlaid into upper side
Frog: boxwood; no slide; decoratively cut ends; made for stick with raised guide on underside; possibly from another bow
Adjuster: boxwood; no facets
Tip plate: ivory
Wrapping: none
Grip: none
Stick: round; ironwood
Head: hatchet shaped head; tapered nose; rounded outline to back edge
Handle: no nipple; rounded upper side; lower side flat, likely originally had a bone or ivory plate; bone square and strip inlaid into upper side
Frog: boxwood; no slide; decoratively cut ends; made for stick with raised guide on underside; possibly from another bow
Adjuster: boxwood; no facets
Tip plate: ivory
Wrapping: none
Grip: none
Dimensions712 mm long
Stick length: 693 mm
Head height: 21.1 mm
Head width (bottom): 9.9 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.3 mm (top to bottom); 5.2 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.1 mm (top to bottom); 7.9 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 7.3 mm (top to bottom); 8.3 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 17.6 mm (front); 15.8 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 51.1 mm
Frog length (bottom): 50.2 mm
Frog width (top): 7.2 mm (front); 7.7 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 9.9 mm (front); 8.5 mm (back)
Weight (without hair): 36.8 grams
Stick length: 693 mm
Head height: 21.1 mm
Head width (bottom): 9.9 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.3 mm (top to bottom); 5.2 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.1 mm (top to bottom); 7.9 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 7.3 mm (top to bottom); 8.3 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 17.6 mm (front); 15.8 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 51.1 mm
Frog length (bottom): 50.2 mm
Frog width (top): 7.2 mm (front); 7.7 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 9.9 mm (front); 8.5 mm (back)
Weight (without hair): 36.8 grams
ProvenanceAcquired by Laurence Witten from E. M. W. Paul, London, 1964.
Purchased by the National Music Museum from Laurence Witten Family, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.
Purchased by the National Music Museum from Laurence Witten Family, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.
Terms
Credit Line: Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984
Not on view
Object number: 03397