1685 - Small violin

Soundboard of two-piece at medium grain. Back in two pieces of curly maple with a faint medium curl on the left side, more marked on the right side. Ribs of curly maple to curl larger than that of the back. Scroll of curly maple with narrow curl. Light mid-brown varnish with rose touch on a golden ground.

  • 1685, Cremona
  • Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1685 (in print, except the last two digits of the date)
  • 32.8 cm
  • Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester)
  • Jennifer Pike
  • Mrs. Chapman 1904; J. G. Chapman (Manchester) 1946; W.E. Hill & Sons 1946; Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester) 1946
  • 1904, London: A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I
  • Worshipful Company of Musicians - 1904
creato:martedì 10 dicembre 2013
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017