Violin Item Number: 3126/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Violin (part a) and bow (part b). Violin has a scroll, four pegs, and an unmarked fingerboard with two strings remaining and attached to the tailpiece, one metal and one catgut. Tailpeice is fixed to the instrument by wire wrapped around a wood peg on the bottom of the body, and no bridge remains. Chinrest is small and made of painted but unvarnished wood, attached by two metal pins that wrap around to the back of the body. Violin is coloured rich red-brown and yellow-brown with a high-shine lacquer. Bow stick and tip are made of a single piece of dark brown wood, with a two-tone metal endscrew. Bow frog is made of ebony with a small inset circle of abalone shell on either side for decoration. (No bow hair remains attached.)
Narrative
Paper label inside says made in Bohemia in 1782; last owned and used in Canada.
Item History
- Made in Germany ? during 1782
- Owned by Ralph Westbook Wyborn before August 12, 2015
- Received from Ralph Westbook Wyborn (Donor) on August 12, 2015
What
- Name
- Violin
- Identification Number
- 3126/2 a-b
- Type of Item
- violin
- Material
- wood, metal, intestine, lacquer, abalone shell and ebony wood
- Part A
- height 59.0 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 7.8 cm
- Part B
- height 74.8 cm, width 2.7 cm, depth 1.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Canadian
- Previous Owner
- Ralph Westbook Wyborn
- Received from
- Ralph Westbook Wyborn (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Germany ?
When
- Creation Date
- during 1782
- Ownership Date
- before August 12, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on August 12, 2015
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3126/0002 a-b