DHV:
1452
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Thomas
Collingwood
Date:
1680
Label Text:
Made by / Thos. Collingwood / and / Sold by John Miller / over against the Fleece / Tavern in Corn-hill, 1680 (first 3 lines handwritten, last 3 lines printed except final digit of date)
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Vázquez, José [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
102
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Peter Davies, Newbury, UK (+ estate), 1950s-2006
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.6
String Length:
68.5
Rib Depth:
12.2
Upper Width:
31.3
Middle Width:
24.2
Bottom Width:
39.4
Information
Source:
TGM visit 12/06; Vázquez website; Ewbank Auctions, 7/6/06, lot 1163 (online catalogue)
Literature:
MacCracken 2016, p. 192; BVMA 2000, p. 45 (brief mention of label)
Photographs:
Vázquez website (front on display, back body only, head 3/4, label [color]); Ewbank Auctions, 7/6/06, lot 1163 (online catalogue) (front); [by TGM: label (color)]; [website of Nicholas Davies, son of Peter: front detail, side body only, pegbox side (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
5-piece table with (large) ornament (= Norman Type VI): original or replacement? 2-piece back with central 7x7 diamond grid with triangle-plus-oval at 4 corners, also larger versions of latter at bottom and below fold; both with double purfling. Restored by Dietrich Kessler for Peter Davies, including new neck and pegbox (but scroll is original) and repair of extensive worm damage. No back braces except soundpost plate; 3 nail holes visible in top block. Restoration by Jan Stejskal, Prague, c. 2007, including new neck, etc. String length formerly 66.6.