Violoncello Bow: Museum Object and Cultural History
Violoncello Bow: date made: ca 1880. Object Name: Bow. Physical Description: brazil wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This violoncello bow was made by and unknown maker in Germany, about 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a round Brazilwood stick with nickel silver face, nickel silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and slide, and an ebony button with two nickel silver rings (one missing) and pearl eye.
John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a violoncello or bass viol bow (#6214), for $20.40 per dozen.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1880
- Object Name: Bow
- Physical Description: brazil wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: silver (overall material)
- Physical Description: ebony (frog material)
- Measurements: overall: 28 in x 1 7/16 in x 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 3.65125 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made: Germany
- ID Number: MI.055704
- accession number: 11535
- catalog number: 55704
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Howard Foote
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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