Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 19

The Violin Gallery: Comprising: Section I. South Kensington Special …, 1890

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1132a VIOLIN BOW. By Tourte.
2132b VIOLIN BOW. By Dodd.
3132c TWO BOWS. By Dodd.
4132d A BOW. By Tourte.
5132e VIOLIN BOW. Steel. Modern FRENCH.
6S. K. M. Presented by Mons. Vuillaume.
8133 VIOLA. By Jean Karlino, 1452.
9Lent by Mr. G. Chanel, Wardour Street, London.
11134 VIOLA. By Linaro, Venice, 1503.
12Lent by Signor Francatucci.
14135 VIOLA. By Amati. Reduced from a viol. With paintings on the back; to the left a figure of St. John the Baptist with the lamb; in the center a coat of arms; to the right another figure, nearly obliterated by use. Inscriptions around sides: 'Ecce Agnus Dei,' 'Guilia Maria Bernardi.'
15Lent by Her Majesty the Queen.
17136 VIOLA. By N. Amati, 1629. Painting on the back. Purchased in Venice in 1793 from the noble family of Zadetti. Its dimensions reduced in 1811 for General Kidd by J. Dodds, St. Martin's Lane.
18Lent by Mr. Willett L. Adye, Packpool House, Ryde.
20137 VIOLA. By Amati.
21Lent by Mr. John Hart, Princes Street, Leicester Square, London.
23138 VIOLA. By Stradiuarius.
24Lent by Mr. John Hart, Princes Street, Leicester Square, London.
26139 VIOLA. By Gaspar di Salo, 1570.
27Lent by Mr. John Hart, Princes Street, Leicester Square, London.
29140 VIOLA. By Joseph Guarnerius.
30Lent by Mr. John Hart, Princes Street, Leicester Square, London.
32141 VIOLA. Very fine specimen. By Montagagnana, Venice; about 1738.
33Lent by M. Gallay, Paris.
35142 VIOLA. By Maggini, Brescia, 1620.
36Lent by Madame Risler.
38143 VIOLA. By Jacobus Stainer, 1660. As fine a specimen as possible of this maker's work. It was purchased at the sale of the Count Caesar de Castelbarco.
39Lent by Signor Piatti.
41144 VIOLA. Ascribed to Seb. Klotz.
42Lent by Mr. A. Bright, Sheffield.
44145 VIOLA. By Klotz, 1707.
45Lent by Mr. J. Whewall.
47146 VIOLA. By Parnomo.
48Lent by Mr. J. Whewall.
50147 VIOLA. By Fendt.
51Lent by Mr. J. Whewall.
53148 VIOLA. By B. Banks, Salisbury, 1778.
54Lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury.
56149 VIOLA. By Benjamin Banks.
57Lent by Mr. H. M. Cumming, Bromton.
59150 VIOLA. By Forster, 1788.
60Lent by Mr. John H. Arkwright, Hampton Court, Lcominster.
62151 VIOLA. Date unknown. Peculiar shape; deep in the sides; back inlaid in stripes. Obtained in New Zealand. Said to have belonged to Handel.
63Lent by H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh.
65154 VIOLA. "Two hundred years old. Contra-basso contour, with a splendid carved head." Altered from a six-stringed viol.
66Lent by Mr. Sampson Moore (of Liverpool).

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