DHV:
1613
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Cello
Current Location:
USA
Kansas City, MO
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Trevor Jones, London, ≤1978-2012; Marco Pallis
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.2
String Length:
64
Rib Depth:
11.3
Upper Width:
30.9
Middle Width:
21
Bottom Width:
40
Information
Source:
Owner, 3/12; J. Pringle 7/13; Gardiner Houlgate online auction catalogue, 3/5/12, lot 141
Literature:
Gardiner Houlgate online auction catalogue, 3/5/12, lot 141
Photographs:
Gardiner Houlgate online auction catalogue, 3/5/12, lot 141 (F+B body only, head side [color]); Jones 1980 (front) [also, with caption, in Early Music Gazette 7/78, p. 3]
Recordings:
Jones 1980 (Lawes); perhaps also 1977 (Coprario), 1983 (Jenkins), and various others
Auctions:
Comments:
Gardiner Houlgate 2012/03/05, lot 141
Catalogue 3/12: “Rare and interesting late 17th/early 18th century double purfled division viol”; previously offered by same firm 10/3/11, then described as possibly by Panormo. Double purfling both front and back; soundholes have lower eyes plus short extension below them. Arched back with no fold and triangle-and-oval designs at bottom and top of (2-piece) back similar to those on Francis Baker 1696; rectangular pattern of diagonal lines with trefoils at each corner in center; table ornament with central heart, two flowers on stems above, and two diagonal leaves below. Extremely pointed body corners similar to those on W. Baker viola (Oxford, 1683).