JH47 Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 Hi, ideas of the age and origin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 I would presume a Bohemian violin that originally had a varnish of a dark colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH47 Posted July 24 Author Report Share Posted July 24 Thanks Jacob. What would you think about the age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 I expect mid 19th c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccardo964 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 I require a full dendrological report to make a precise assessment. Best wishes, Riccardo964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 I like the side profile of the scroll, the large eye is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin swan Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 6 hours ago, Riccardo964 said: I require a full dendrological (sic) report to make a precise assessment. That's always a good party trick isn't it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccardo964 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 54 minutes ago, martin swan said: dendrological (sic) There's no (sic) here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dendrologic dendrologic den·dro·log·ic variants or dendrological : relating to dendrology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin swan Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Dendrology is the study of trees Dendrochronology is the dating of wood according to tree-rings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccardo964 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Still can't see the (sic), but that's ok, whatever, it doesn't matter, like, AT ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 6 minutes ago, Riccardo964 said: whatever, it doesn't matter, like, AT ALL. Exactly, it only tells you what you know anyway, along with a couple of pages of boilerplate to make you think it's important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS76 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 On 7/25/2024 at 2:37 AM, jacobsaunders said: I would presume a Bohemian violin that originally had a varnish of a dark colour Very curious and keen to know more. Would you expect it have a dark varnish due to the era? Or do you see something to suggest that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 6 hours ago, AaronS76 said: Very curious and keen to know more. Would you expect it have a dark varnish due to the era? Or do you see something to suggest that? One sees areas where the original colour has soaked into end grain/dents etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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