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Pochette   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Pochette
Object type Classification: 91769
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English: Pochette, violin with bow and case, violin neck in relation to body style of fingerboard suggests early transitional, purfling drawn on back and belly, exquisite carved detail on extended heel over the back, bow has ivory button at lower end, transitional style suggests it is contemporaneous 1 kit with bow and box maker unknown, England, 18th century maple, spruce, poplar, ebony, (cherrywood), boxwood, gut, length of back 181 mm 1998.60.103 Castle 168 The kit, pochette or dancing master’s fiddle, was a pocket-size violin used for giving dancing lessons. It is played by being held on the forearm. Zillah Castle purchased the kit directly from William E Hill and Sons, London in January 1961. Apart from its bridge, it still had its original fittings, and came with its ‘original box’. It has an unusually carved heel.
Date circa 1780
date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; 20 Oct 1998; 10 Oct 1998
Medium Handmade
Dimensions

width: 135mm
length: 392mm
depth: 65mm
length: 300mm
depth: 10mm
length: 384mm
depth: 89mm
length of back: 181mm
width: 23mm
width: 290mm
length: 408mm
width: 105mm
depth: 1mm

notes: violin length 392 x width 105 x depth 65 mm length of back 181 mm bow length 384 x width 23 x depth 10 mm cloth length 300 x width 290 x depth 1 mm case length 408 x width 135 x depth 89 mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1998.60.103
Place of creation England
Credit line The Zillah Castle and Ronald Castle Collection of Musical Instruments, (168), collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1998.60.103
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