DHV:
1122
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
EIRE
Dublin
Thomas
Molineux
Date:
1739
Label Text:
Made by Thomas Molineux in Christ Church Yard Dublin 1739
Body Shape:
Viol
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Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham; Michael Heale, 1973-74; Ernest W. Halliday, Esq.
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Information
Source:
Sotheby’s 5/24/73, lot 131
Literature:
Wells 1974, p. 35; Sotheby’s 5/24/73, lot 131
Photographs:
Sotheby’s 5/24/73, lot 131 (back)
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Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1973/05/24, lot 131
Converted to a cello when sold by Sotheby’s. Length of back 26-13/16 inches. Restored by Michael Heale 1973-74, then sold to Tony Bingham (per copy of sale catalogue in Heale Archive).