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List C2: Bows for String Instruments

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Kit and Small Violin Bows
(1009)Bow for small violin.Probably John Dodd workshop, London, early 19th century.
(954)Bow for kit.Probably John Dodd workshop, London, Late 18th or early 19th century.
(959)Bow for kit.Possibly Germany or France, probably mid 18th century.
(960)Bow for kit.John Dodd, London, late 18th century.
(757)Bow for small violin.Third quarter of the 20th century.
(754/2)Bow for walking stick fiddle.Possibly Dodd workshop, possibly England, 19th century.
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Violin and Viola Bows
(2007)Bow for violin.John Dodd, London, late 18th or early 19th century.
(341)Bow for violin.Probably by Meauchand, probably Paris, 1720-1750.
(319)Bow for violin.Probably early 20th century.
(2008)Bow for violin.Probably England, late 18th century.
(1074)Bow for violin.Probably Dodd, probably England, probably third quarter of the 18th century.
(327)Bow for violin.Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1823-75.
(751)Bow for violin.Louis Bazin, Mirecourt, early 20th century.
(322)Bow for violin.Probably John Dodd, London, late 18th or early 19th century.
(2115)Bow for violin.Probably early 20th century.
(2488)Bow for violin.China, third quarter of the 20th century.
(328)Bow for violin.Probably 20th century.
(1099)Bow for violin.Probably late 19th century.
(315)Bow for violin.Probably mid or late 19th century.
(2009)Bow for violin.19th century.
(2010)Bow for violin.Possibly Pajeot, possibly France, probably early 19th century.
(337)Bow for violin.Probably Edwin Otto Herrmann, Markneukirchen, first half of the 20th century.
(312)Bow for violin.Mid 20th century.
(320)Bow for violin.Probably mid 20th century.
(336)Bow for viola.Possibly 19th century.
(3041)Bow for violin.Probably late 19th or early 20th century.
(3801)Bow for violin.François Nicolas Voirin, Paris, Circa 1878.
(3802)Bow for violin.W.E. Hill & Sons, London, late 19th or early 20th century.
(2799)Bow for violin.Probably mid 20th century.
(317)Bow for violin.Probably early or mid 20th century.
(1073)Bow for violin.James Tubbs, London, Circa 1880.
(773)Bow for viola.Mid 20th century.
(316)Bow for violin.England, late 18th century.
(338)Bow for violin.First half of the 20th century.
(318)Bow for violin.Mid 20th century.
(4534)Bow for violin.20th century.
(4535)Bow for violin.Japan, 20th century.
(5976)Bow for violin.Eastman, U.S.A., 21st century.
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Violoncello and Viol Bows
(3357)Bow for viola da gamba.Mid 18th century, the stick possible earlier.
(2879)Bow for viola da gamba.Mid 18th century, the stick possible earlier.
(1773)Bow for violoncello or viola da gamba.England, mid 18th century, the stick possible earlier.
(339)Bow for violoncello.Late 18th or early 19th century.
(340)Bow for violoncello.Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, 1823-75.
(1605)Bow for violoncello.France, late 19th or early 20th century.
(2880)Bow for viola da gamba or violoncello.Mid 18th century.
(1075)Bow for violoncello.Possibly John Dodd, London, late 18th or early 19th century.
(314)Bow for violoncello.Mid 20th century.
(1769)Bow for violoncello.Possibly England, second half of the 18th century.
(1608)Bow for violoncello.Second half of the 18th century, possibly early 19th century.
(2531)Bow for violoncello.Probably 19th century.
(313)Bow for violoncello.Germany, mid 20th century.
(1098)Bow for bass viol.Probably mid 18th century.
(1647)Bow for violoncello.Mid 20th century.
(3366)Bow for viola d'amore.Possibly Italy, probably 19th century.
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Bass Bows
(3336)Bow for double bass, underhand type.19th century.
(771)Bow for double bass, overhand type.Second half of 19th century.
(343)Bow for double bass, underhand type.A. Collins, probably 19th century.
(1100)Bow for double bass, overhand type.Jerome Thibouville-Lamy, Mirecourt, first half of the 20th century.
(342)Bow for double bass, underhand type.Probably late 19th century.
(2478)Bow for double bass, underhand type.20th century.
(1847)Bow for double bass, underhand type.W. Tarr, Manchester, Second or third quarter of the 19th century.
(1454)Bow for double bass, underhand type.19th century.
(1101)Bow for double bass, underhand type.Late 19th or early 20th century.
(5915)Bow for double bass. 
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Miscellaneous Bows
(3386)Bow for Langspil.Iceland, first half of 19th century or earlier.
(484)Bow for monochord.Circa 1850.
(485)Bow for monochord.By Wood & Co, c 1850.
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Parts of Bows and Ancillary Items
(1069/C2)Chest containing parts. 
(3582)Rosin.R.R. Shields.
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