DHV:
890
Tourin ID:
VIC 14
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Cello
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Victoria & Albert Museum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
172-1882
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Carl Engel (in 1876)
Measurements:
Body Length:
62
String Length:
64
Rib Depth:
06
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
PT visit 6/77
Literature:
Herzog 2003, GB-25; Baines 1968, p. 8; Engel 1876, p. 69
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front 7/8 + B, F+S body only, neck heel [color], Baines 1968, fig. 9 (front 7/8)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Body all mahogany. Table and back both 1-piece; back is arched. Thick neck, short fingerboard, very crude scroll. Presumably amateur work, possibly for a church band. In 10/01, display label said “England, c. 1700” (Baines 1968: probably English, 18th century); shallow ribs, overhanging edges; tailpiece attached to brass end pin.