Edward Pamphilon, c. 1700
Small Violin: 60242
Facsimile manuscript label, "Edward Pamphilion / Anno 1669."
Probably by a member of the Pamphilion family.
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 34.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
There were no images found for this item.
Notes:
Dendrochronological analysis has recently established that the violin was made rather later than the suggested date, and probably after the demise of Edward Pamphilon himself. Nevertheless, the style and workmanship is representative of the work of the Pamphilon family as far as it is known, and the instrument can reasonably be ascribed to them.Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, Oxford
Provenance
| until 1941 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1941 | John Fry |
| Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons | |
| until 1999 | Albert W. Cooper |
| from 1999 | Ashmolean Museum, Hill Collection, University of Oxford |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2002) Youngest tree ring dating from 1697.
Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum: The Complete Collection, John Milnes, editor, Oxford Musical Instrument Publishing, Oxford (illustrated)- The British Violin: The Catalogue of the 1998 Exhibition '400 Years of Violin & Bow Making in the British Isles', John Milnes, editor, British Violin Making Association (illustrated)