DHV:
1456
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
18..
Label Text:
William Hall / Birmingham [stamped below button]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Royal College of Music
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
RCM0185
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
A. J. Hipkins and heirs, 1888-1911; J. T. Pritchard 1834-88; George Loder (Bath)
Measurements:
Body Length:
41
String Length:
37
Rib Depth:
4.8
Upper Width:
20.6
Middle Width:
13.3
Bottom Width:
25.7
Information
Source:
Wells and Nobbs 2007, p. 168; Mullen 2006, p. 24
Literature:
Wells and Nobbs 2007, p. 168; Mullen 2006, p. 24
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front, 7/8 [color]); Wells and Nobbs 2007, p. 168 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Mullen 2006: A hybrid, with arched back and violin fittings (not on display). Wells and Nobbs 2007 call it a “Viola with viol-form outline, possibly built as viol with arched back; renecked ?c. 1900.” Slightly pointed corners, flush edges, “awkwardly carved scroll with the fluting stopping short above pegbox.” Bridge stamped “W.E. Hill & Sons”; this “may relate to the neck and pegbox, which appear to be later (?c.1900).”