Violoncello Bow
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This violoncello bow was made by and unknown maker in Germany, about 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a round Brazilwood stick with nickel silver face, nickel silver mounted ebony frog with plain pearl eyes and slide, and an ebony button with two nickel silver rings (one missing) and pearl eye.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a violoncello or bass viol bow (#6214), for $20.40 per dozen.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055704
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55704
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brazil wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (frog material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 1 7/16 in x 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 3.65125 cm x 1.27 cm