Nürnberger Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1902
name: label: maker
content: Nurnberger, Franz
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by Franz Albert (II) Nürnberger in Markneukirchen, Germany, around 1898-1902. It is violin bow, with an octagonal reddish-orange Pernambuco stick with and ivory face, full silver mounted ebony frog with figured pearl eyes, and an ebony button with silver rings and pearl eye. The bow is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>*ALBERT NURNBERGER*</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Nürnberger family of bowmakers was established in the mid-18th century in Markneukirchen, Saxony. Franz Albert II, (1854-1931), one of the greatest German bowmakers, founded a business in 1880 which became the foremost bow shop in Germany. This example with silver-mounted ebony frog is typical of the standards of his output.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Irma Prager
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.71.08a
label: catalog number
content: 71.08a
label: accession number
content: 292441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pernambuco (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 29 3/8 in x 5/8 in; 3.175 cm x 74.6125 cm x 1.5875 cm