DHV:
1385
Tourin ID:
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
J. B. D.
Salomon
Date:
17..
Label Text:
Salomon à Paris [stamped below button on back]
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
36
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
16.6
Middle Width:
11.7
Bottom Width:
21
Information
Source:
Bonhams to TGM, 11/03; M. Herzog to TGM, 8/03
Literature:
Montagu 2005, p. 151; Bonhams 9/8/03, lot 12
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from M. Herzog 8/03: FB+S (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Bonhams 2003/09/08, lot 12
1-piece back; single purfling front and back. “Converted to four strings with later neck and scroll.” Unstrung and largely unglued when seen by M. Herzog. Montagu 2005: “a Salomon Quinton...with a later neck and scroll...attracted no interest” (i.e., did not sell).