Object Details
- Description
- This violin was made in Schonbach, Bohemia around 1880. In his 1880 catalog, J. Howard Foote describes this Saxon violin in “a line of cheap German violins, which for workmanship and finish is not equaled by any other line imported .... made by hand, in the good old-fashioned way, and not ground out of a mill.” The instrument is listed as cat. #5854, “Excellent quality, finely finished, with fancy pictures, gilding and flowers on back, fancy trimmings, veneered fingerboard ... $45.90 per dozen.” The violin bears a reproduction Stradivari label and is made of a two-piece spruce table, one-piece maple back, ribs, neck, pegbox and scroll of maple, and the back of the violin is ornamented with three colorful decals.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- 1879 - 1882
- ID Number
- MI.055675
- catalog number
- 55675
- accession number
- 11535
- Object Name
- violin
- Physical Description
- spruce (table material)
- maple (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 35.8 cm x 20.6 cm; 14 1/8 in x 8 1/8 in
- place made
- Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Schönbach
- Related Publication
- Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605542
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-31a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
