Quinton
Object type: Quinton
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: British
Artist: Peter Wamsley
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1750
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Body L. 34 cm (13-3/8 in.); String L. 32 cm (12-9/16 in.); Total L. 61.5 cm (24-1/4 in.); Upper bouts16 cm (16-5/16 in.); Middle bouts 11 cm (4-5/16 in.); Lower bouts 20 cm (7-7/8 in.); D. at tail 4.3 cm (1-11/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  London  England United Kingdom  
Credit line: Purchase, Louis C. and Craig P. Baker Gift, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, Rogers Fund, and The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, 1990
Accession year: 1990