1711 - Cello "Mara"

Back of two pieces of curly maple to medium-narrow curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the bottom.

Date and Place: 1711, Cremona
Label: Original
Length of body: 75.6 cm
Width, upper bouts: 33.8 cm
Width, center bouts: 22.6 cm
Width, lower bouts: 43.6 cm
Position: Christian Poltéra
Certificates: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
Players: Giovanni Mara; John Crosdill 1808; Antony Pini 1950; Amedeo Baldovino 1954; Heinrich Schiff 2001; Christian Poltéra
Historical notes: It was completely destroyed in 1961 due to a shipwreck in the Rio de la Plata, while the owner, Amedeo Baldovino, he was with the Trio di Trieste
Restoration: After 1963, London, Hill recomposition of the parts of the instrument, severely damaged due to being remained immersed in water, after recovery.
Provenance: Giovanni Mara; John Crosdill 1808; John Betts 1808; William Champion 1808/10; Lord MacDonald (General Boswell) 1810; Charles Lucas; Miss Miriam Lucas 1860; John Whitmore Isaac (Worcester) 1860; G. Swinton Isaac 1885; W.E. Hill & Sons 1887; Signor Alessandro Pezze 1887/1902; H. J. Gardner 1902/08; W.E. Hill & Sons 1908/10; Carlos A. Tornquist (Buenos Aires) 1910/34; W.E. Hill & Sons 1934; Murray Lees 1934; Anthony Pini 1950; W.E. Hill & Sons 1953/54; Amedeo Baldovino (Rome) 1954; J. & A. Beare; Heinrich Schiff 1996
Exhibitions: 1885, London: International Inventions Exhibition
Bibliography specifies: Sandys-Foster 1864; Polonaski 1897; Hill 1902; Doring 1945; Doring 1950 (III); Henley 1961; Lebet 1999; Barabaschi 2010; Grenacher 2017