DHV:
1484
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Brighton
No. of Strings:
8
Collection:
Brighton City Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
WA 100583 (R.5773/1)
Head:
Disc
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Albert Spencer, -1960
Measurements:
Body Length:
72.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.5
Upper Width:
32.3
Middle Width:
23.5
Bottom Width:
38.7
Information
Source:
Museum to TGM, 6/07
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from museum 2/08: front 3/4, B+S, head (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Late 18th century? Ivory inlay on tailpiece (leaves, bird, 2 scenes of plants and trees), ivory edging to table, “head finishes in ivory/ebony”. Body length includes button but not tailpin; rib height taken at center bouts. Worn varnish on back. “Probably originally had 7 or six strings.” Finial is a small disc with white center surrounded by a black and then a white ring. Black pegs with oval heads and small white pips. Tailgut. W. Monical to TGM 10/16: clearly Germanic, neck and grafted pearwood pegbox are modern; finial perhaps from a walking stick; tailpiece certainly old, but likely made originally for a cello.