DHV:
879
Tourin ID:
VIC 03; KENS 18
1677
Bass
Richard
Meares
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
GB, London
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB, London
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Victoria & Albert Museum
Head:
Female
Catalog Number:
170-1882
Label Text:
Richard Meares, without / Bishopsgate, near Sir / Paul Pinders. London / Fecit 1677 [printed except 77]
Measurements:
Body Length:
67
String Length:
70
Rib Depth:
11.6
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
30.5
22.5
36.5
Previous Owner:
Carl Engel, London (in 1872, 1876)
Information Source:
PT visit 6/77
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Baines 1968, pp. 3-4; Engel 1876, p. 68; Engel 1874, p. 336; Engel 1872, p. 24 (no. 179)
On museum’s website (F+B 3/4); Edmunds 1994, p. 23 (inside of table); Baines 1968, pl. 3 (F+B 3/4); Baines 1966, pl. 100 (front 3/4)
Baines 1968: 4-piece table with double purfling and central ornament; 2-piece back (with central knot-pattern) and ribs are later replacements. “Neck with a spliced repair.” (Baines 1966: “back and sides renewed”; body length 67.) Edmunds 1994: 7-stave table (i.e., outer staves do not connect across C bouts). On display 10/01 + 8/03: pegbox has stippled sides but no relief carving. Table ornament quite spare; outer table staves are now clearly a different color from center.