DHV:
1739
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
Date:
18..
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
6+6
Collection:
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.8
String Length:
67.2
Rib Depth:
11.7
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
23.5
Bottom Width:
39
Information
Source:
Tarisio Berlin sale 10/23, lot 21 (online catalogue)
Literature:
Tarisio Berlin sale 10/23, lot 21 (online catalogue)
Photographs:
Tarisio Berlin sale 10/23, lot 21 (FB+SS, head FB+SS, repair label [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Tarisio Berlin sale 10/23, lot 21
Flat back with fold but no purfling or other decoration; overhanging edges; unfretted in photos. Sculpted tailpiece with diamond-shaped holes for strings; tailgut, ivory saddle, and endpin holder. Tuning pegs for sympathetic strings in bottom block; pegs for bowed strings grouped in pairs and have black shafts but white faces with two pairs of narrow stripes on each side. Head sits atop a curved finial; pegbox FB+S surfaces have perimeter grooves (2 layers on back). Condition report says multiple cracks in top, some wear to varnish; suggested date “late 19th century”. Handwritten repair label “Reparé par / Lucien Mues / Courtrai 1943”.