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Violin

Violin of maple, sycamore and pine, inscribed inside the body "Jacob Readshaw, Middleton Teesdale 1902". The body is of maple, with pine table, all with very red varnish. The neck and head are of red varnished sycamore, the fingerboard faced with ebony, and with tuning pegs of ebony. Below the bridge, the section into which the strings are anchored, is of ebony with inlay of etched mother-of-pearl. Ebony chin-rest.
Size: Length: 59 cm; Width: 21.5 cm.

Artist / Maker: Jacob Readshaw

Place: Middleton-in-Teesdale

Object Type: violin

Period: Edward VII

Broad Date: Edwardian

Actual Date: 1902

Century: 20th century

Materials: Maple wood, Sycamore, Pine, Rosewood, Mother-of-pearl, Ivory

Museum Accession Number: 1977.84.3/M.Instr.