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Violin bow
Alternate name:Treble viol bow
Alternate name:Treble viola da gamba bow
Date: 1740-1790 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Place Made:Italy, Europe
Serial No: none
DescriptionThis late baroque bow shows a transition from the swan-shaped head to a hatchet form.
Stick: round; pernambuco; round handle
Head: swan head with hatchet extension at back; tapered tip of nose cut off; back edges rounded
Handle: no nipple
Frog: pernambuco; no slide; narrow and tall; iron eyelet
Adjuster: bone with rounded shape and ball at end
Tip plate: none
Wrapping: none
Grip: none
Stick: round; pernambuco; round handle
Head: swan head with hatchet extension at back; tapered tip of nose cut off; back edges rounded
Handle: no nipple
Frog: pernambuco; no slide; narrow and tall; iron eyelet
Adjuster: bone with rounded shape and ball at end
Tip plate: none
Wrapping: none
Grip: none
Dimensions717 mm long
Stick length: 701 mm
Head height: 20.9 mm
Head width (bottom): 9.7 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.3 mm (top to bottom); 4.9 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 7.7 mm (top to bottom); 8.0 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 8.9 mm (top to bottom); 9.0 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 24.6 mm (front); 20.6 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 48.0 mm
Frog length (bottom): 53.4 mm
Frog width (top): 7.6 mm (front); 7.4 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 10.3 mm (front); 6.3 mm (back)
Weight: 52.2 grams
Stick length: 701 mm
Head height: 20.9 mm
Head width (bottom): 9.7 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.3 mm (top to bottom); 4.9 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 7.7 mm (top to bottom); 8.0 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 8.9 mm (top to bottom); 9.0 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 24.6 mm (front); 20.6 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 48.0 mm
Frog length (bottom): 53.4 mm
Frog width (top): 7.6 mm (front); 7.4 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 10.3 mm (front); 6.3 mm (back)
Weight: 52.2 grams
ProvenanceFrom the Bisiach Collection and acquired by Witten from the heirs, Venegono Superiore, Italy, 1968.
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
Published ReferencesPeter Walls, “Mozart and the Violin,” Early Music, Vol. XX, No. 1 (February 1992), pp. 7-29.
Object number: 03410