DHV:
1164
Tourin ID:
1696
Bass
Barak
Norman
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
GB, London
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
J,
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Head:
Scroll
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
Barak Norman, at the Bass Viol in St. Paul’s Ally London Fecit 1696; Barak Norman London Fecit [stamped on table]
Measurements:
String Length:
67.3
Total Length:
Body Length:
62.6
Upper Width:
28.9
Rib Depth:
11.9
Middle Width:
21.1
Bottom Width:
35.3
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham, London, 1989-
Information Source:
Sotheby’s 11/22-23/89, lot 167
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hebbert 2001, pp. 292-3 (1696:1, but should be 1696:5); Montagu 1990, p. 277; Sotheby’s 11/22-23/89, lot 167
Sotheby’s 11/22-23/89, lot 167 (F+B [color])
Sotheby’s 1989/11/22-23, lot 167
Hebbert 2001 says same as DOLM 7 (1696:1), but more likely same as his 1696:5 (= ex-T. Bingham), with dimensions 62.7, 28.9/-21.1/35.3, 11.8, -. (Also, label of DOLM 7 reported to read “St. Paul’s Church-yd:”, not “St. Paul’s Ally” .) Montagu 1990: “revarnished but otherwise very nice”; sold for £29,150. Sold to a client in Japan, per T. Bingham. Table ornament Type IV, back center Type III, upper and lower Type II.