1697 - Viola "Primrose, Lord Harrington"

Soundboard of spruce with large vein in the middle which narrows and then widens again towards the flanks. Back of one piece of maple cut on the slab with veins obvious and a knot at the top, with the original four additions in the lobes. Ribs curly maple cut on the slab with medium-narrow wavy curl. Scroll original of curly maple cut on the quarter with medium-narrow wavy curl. Golden-orange varnish.

  • 1697, Cremona
  • Original
  • 41.3 cm
  • 19.3 cm
  • 13.4 cm
  • 24.5 cm
  • W. E. Hill & Sons, London, March 6, 1925; Letter by Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc., New York, February 4, 1975; Bein & Fushi, Chicago, April 8, 1994
  • Joseph Gillott (Birmingham) 1872; Charles Windham Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington (Elvaston Castle, Derby) 1872/1925; W.E. Hill & Sons 1925; Antonio Antoncich (Valparaiso, Chile) 1925/31; Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. 1955; William Primrose 1954/82; Gary Vanosdale (Nashville) 1978; Bein & Fushi; Ulrich Fritze 1978/2004
  • S. a. 1872; Hart 1885; S. a. 1920; Hill 1931; Riley 1978; Riley 1980; Bein-Fushi 1983; S. a. 1994; Bigelow 2004
creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:martedì 18 maggio 2021