DHV:
943
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
17..
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Kilmarnock
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Dean Castle
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
60
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Lord Howard de Walden, -1975; his father’s father-in-law, Charles van Raalte (d. 1908)
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Bevan 1990, p. 40; Downing 1981, p. 68
Literature:
Bevan 1990, p. 40; Downing 1981, p. 68
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Inventory by auction firm, 1975 (Downing, FoMRHI Q24, 7/81): “a treble viol” with striped back and ribs (ebony andwalnut), inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece (ebony and ivory), later neck and pegbox; back length 16-3/8” = 41.6 cm. (Website: length approx. 401 mm)