Violin
W. C. Godfrey
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1770
Materials
Brass, Pine, Sycamore
Measurements
200 mm (Width) x 60 mm (Depth); 594 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771962.1
Summary
An anonymous English violin, the back and ribs are of sycamore while the table is of two pieces of pine. The tail piece is stamped Barned and Norris. Made circa 1770. The pegs and buttons were supplied by W E Hill and Sons in 1919. Marked OPH 274 - 1949
Marks and inscriptions
The tail piece is stamped Barnes and Norris; The pegs and buttons were supplied by W.E. Hill and Sons in 1919
Makers and roles
W. C. Godfrey, maker