Viola Bow

Catalogue number: 10.24

Original name: Viola bow.

Maker: Dodd family, c.1840s.

Technical description: Modern-style head with ebony head face and tip. Octagonal stick.

Overall size: 720mm.

Weight: 44g.

Head height: 26mm.

Head width: 10 - 3 mm.

Head face length: 26mm.

Stick width: 9 – 66m.

Inscription: Stamped “DODD” on thumb side of stick above the frog.

Faults: Frog missing, head wedge missing, no hair.

Illustration references: See below.

Previous owner: E. S. Fry.