Violin

Date1698

Artist/Maker Carlo Giuseppe Testore

MediumSpruce, Maple, Ebony

DimensionsOverall: 59.2 x 20.2cm (23 5/16 x 7 15/16in.)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-811,A

Description"The two-piece back is maple, slab-cut, and marked with a medium-narrow figure which is prominent at the center and slopes downward. The flanks are without figure. The sides are of maple marked with an irregular, medium-broad, soft curl. The scroll is of plain maple. The two-piece top is spruce of strong graining, medium-narrow at the center and broadening to the flanks. The varnish is a transparent golden brown color." - William H. Moenning, 6 December 1968
The body is single-purfled, front and back; the button at the top of the back is capped in ebony. The neck is of modern configuration, with the original scroll grafted on; the pegholes in the scroll have been bushed.
Inscribed"Carla Giuseppe testore in Con-/trada Larga di Milano al / Signo dell Aquila 1698" on paper label inside.
MarkingsIndecipherable brand in semicircular arrangement on button
ProvenanceCW purchased from William Moenning & Son of Philadelphia in 1968