DHV:
236
Tourin ID:
DOLM 08
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1712
Label Text:
Barak Norman / at the Bass Viol in / St. Pauls Church-yd: / London Fecit / 1712 [printed except 1712]; Barak Norman London Fecit [stamped on table]; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Benslow Musical Instrument Loan Scheme (by bequest), c. 2008-10; Brenda Buckley, Halifax (UK), -c. 2008; Nathalie Dolmetsch, -1980
Measurements:
Body Length:
68
String Length:
65.5
Rib Depth:
13.5
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
37.5
Information
Source:
Dolmetsch 1978, p. 64; PT visit 6/77
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, p. 299 (1712:1); Wells 1981, p. 233; Sotheby’s 11/20/80, lot 539; Dolmetsch 1978, p. 64
Photographs:
Sotheby’s 11/20/80, lot 539 (F+B); Dolmetsch 1978, p. 65 (F+S); Baines 1966, pl. 103-4 (F+S); [by TGM, 10/11: label (color)]; [unpublished, in Heale Archive: label]
Recordings:
Aziz 2020 (Handel); Aziz 2019 (Risonanze); Manson 2009 (Purcell)
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1980/11/20, lot 539
Dolmetsch 1978: scroll original; double purfling throughout. Hebbert 2001: restored by Michael Heale in 1982 (B. Buckley’s name from him). Seen at J. Topham’s, 10/11, while being restored. Table ornament Type IV, back center BN monogram, upper and lower Type II.