Kit
Date1750-1760
Artist/Maker
Henry Jay
OriginEngland, London
MediumSpruce, Maple, Ebony, Ivory
DimensionsOverall: 37.5 x 8.4cm (14 3/4 x 3 5/16in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1992-146
Description"Kit" violin of one-piece back and ribs of maple, the back being of irregular horizontal curl, one-piece spruce table of medium-broad grain, the head and neck of faintly figured maple.InscribedH.K. crudely scratched into the back at the base of the neck.
MarkingsUnmarked
ProvenanceVintage Instruments, Philadelphia, PA
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