DHV:
1297
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Thomas
Cole
Date:
1674
Label Text:
Thomas Cole, near Fetter-lane / in Holborn, London, 1674 [printed, including final digits]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Edith Lake, London, -c. 1970
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.7
String Length:
65.4
Rib Depth:
11
Upper Width:
29.3
Middle Width:
21.5
Bottom Width:
37.5
Information
Source:
TGM visit 10/01
Literature:
MacCracken 2016, p. 189
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S, head front, back 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Table seems to be 2-piece (with wing for lower bass bout, at least), with double purfling. Back probably doesn’t belong to rest: has scratched-and-inked purfling and arabesque designs, and no soundpost plate (label is glued diagonally directly onto back). Shoulders have been reshaped on both table and back, by adding as much as 2 cm of width on each side. Lion head also unlikely to be original: very ornate, high-profile carving, with 2 fangs and luxuriant mane. Bridge placed above middle of C’s when seen. Repair label: “reparée / par Jean-Petit luthier / à Besançon an 1834,” glued next to Cole label.