1688 - Violin "Mercury - Avery"

Soundboard of spruce fine streak. Back of two pieces of curly maple on medium curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the top. Golden-brown varnish.

  • 1688, Cremona
  • Original
  • 35.6 cm
  • 16.4 cm
  • 11 cm
  • 20.5 cm
  • Jonathan Carney
  • Hamma & Co., Stuttgart; W. E. Hill & Sons, London; Emil Herrmann, Berlin, New York, Easton
  • Jonathan Carney since 2004
  • Vicomte de Bioley (Verviers, Belgium); Count van der Straeten-Ponthoz (Brussels) 1878; Gand & Bernardel, Freres (Paris); Georges Mougenot (Brussels); J. Williams (Walsall) 1893; Tivador Nachèz 1900; Sir William Avery 1909; Felix Herrmann 1909; Hamma & Co. (Stuttgart) 1912; Dr. Paul Hellmann (Vienna) 1912/24; Emil Herrmann 1924/28; Mrs. Gladys Rice Saltonstall (later Mrs. Billings) 1928; Georg Rauer; Emil Herrmann 1937; Emil Herrmann 1945; Jonathan Carney 2004
  • 1637, Cremona: Mostra di Liuteria Antica Cremonese
  • Puttick & Simpson 1893 (II); S. a. 1893; Polonaski 1894; S. a. 1907 (II); S. a. 1907 (III);Puttick & Simpson 1909 (II); Hamma 1910; Meyer 1919; Hamma 1932; S. a. 1909 (II); S. a. 1937; AA. VV. 1938; Doring 1945; Jalovec 1952; Jalovec 1968; Goodkind 1972; Gand 1994; Hamma 1999
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017