Sale 2298
New York
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28 April 2010
Price realised
USD 4,750
Estimate
WORKSHOP OF CHRISTIAN WILHELM KNOPF A SILVER-MOUNTED VIOLIN BOW, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, CIRCA 1830-1835 The octagonal stick stamped C.W. KNOPF, the ebony frog with floral pearl inlay, the silver adjuster with pearl facets and pearl eye, weight 60 grams
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Literature
K. Grünke, C. Hans-Karl Schmidt and W. Zunterer, German Bow Makers, volume 1, Waakirchen, 2000, pp. 96 and 97, pl. 3.
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