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Violin bow
Violin bow
Violin bow

Violin bow

Date1975 ca.
Place MadeErlbach, Germany, Europe
SignedStamped on bow: KURT DÖLLING
MarkingsStamped on stick on opposite side of name stamp: dk (shared the same stem, k is above the d)
Stamped between frog and button: GERMANY
DescriptionOne of a quartet of Kurt Dölling bows acquired by Lothar Meisel in 1975.

Brown, octagonal pernambuco stick
Mounted with a silver and tortoise-shell frog
Frog has a Parisian eye with mother-of-pearl in the center
Three-piece silver and ebony button
All the silver fittings are engraved with leaf patterns
ProvenanceKurt Dölling was related to the Meisels. His wife was Lothar Meisel's mother's cousin's daughter.

Purchased by Meisel Violins, Owatonna, Minnesota, from C. Meisel Music Co., Inc., New York, on April 7, 1975, for $2,234.08. According to a note from donor, "This quartett [sic] was in an intern. [sic] exhibition. Paris?-!---"


Credit LineGift of Neal and Karin Meisel Steffenson, 1995
Object number05880
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