DHV:
238
Tourin ID:
DOLM 10
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1718
Label Text:
Barak Norman at the Bass Viol in / St. Pauls Church-yd: London Fecit 1718 [printed except 1718]; Barak Norman London [stamped on table, worn]; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Arlington, VA
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Jeanne Dolmetsch, -1980; Ruth Daniells
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.1
String Length:
69.4
Rib Depth:
12.7
Upper Width:
32.6
Middle Width:
23.7
Bottom Width:
39
Information
Source:
TGM visit 5/02; Sotheby’s 11/21/01, lot 361; Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 381; Dolmetsch 1978, p. 68; PT visit 6/77
Literature:
Herzog 2003, GB-13; Montagu 2002, p. 152; Sotheby’s 11/21/01, lot 361; Hebbert 2001, p. 303 (1718:2); Wells 1980, p. 517; Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 381; Dolmetsch 1978, p. 68
Photographs:
Sotheby’s 11/21/01, lot 361 (F+B); Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 381 (F+B); Dolmetsch 1978, p. 69 (back 7/8); [by TGM: FB+S, head side, table ornament (color)]; [unpublshed, from J. Moran: label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 2001/11/21, lot 361; Sotheby’s 1980/05/22, lot 381
2-piece table, arched back with double purfling on both (single around C-holes). Rounded shoulders; clear graft between scroll and pegbox. 6 strings in 1978 and 1980 photos, but 7 in 2001, along with new fingerboard and tailpiece. (Montagu 2002: “with new neck and fittings...converted to seven strings.”) Dolmetsch 1978: scroll original; label text given as “Barak Norman at the Bass Violin London Fecit 1718”. Tourin dimensions 68.5, 33.0/-/39.3, 12.5, 68.0. (Sotheby’s condition report sent to John Moran gave dimensions, undoubtedly on back, as 68.7, 33.0/24.0/39.2, -, 69.3.) Table ornament Type IV, back center BN monogram, none upper and lower.