Viola Bow
Catalogue number: 10.20
Original name: Viola bow.
Maker: Ascribed to John Dodd (1752-1839).
Technical description: Round stick with broad Cramer-style head without facing. Open hourglass ivory frog with anvil heel, and octagonal ivory button. Previous lapping marks can be seen on the stick.
Overall size: 726mm.
Weight: 56g.
Hair length: 638mm.
Balance point: 286mm.
Head height: 21.5mm.
Head width: 10.5 – 3mm.
Head face length: 30mm.
Frog diameter: 10.5mm.
Frog height: 20 – 21mm.
Stick width: 9 – 5.5mm.
Button length: 14mm.
Inscription: Stamped “DODD” on thumb side of stick above the frog, and “DODD” on the bottom of the frog on the finger side.
Faults: Frog nose broken off. There is a small crack along the top of the frog on the thumb side.
Illustration references: See below.
Previous owner: E. S. Fry.