American bass viol

Abraham Prescott (American, 1789–1858)

about 1825–30

Object PlaceDeerfield, New Hampshire, United States

Medium/TechniqueMaple, pine

DimensionsLength 129 cm, width 47.7 cm (Length 50 13/16 in., width 18 3/4 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Lindsey Fund

Accession number65.2687

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsPrinted label: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, / MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY / ABRAHAM PRESCOTT, / DEERFIELD, N. H. / BASS VIOL AND VIOLIN STRINGS / AND BOWS, / CONSTANTLY ON HAND. / Also--Silk, Cotton, and Oil'd Cloth / UMBRELLAS, / FOR SALE OR REPAIRED; fragment of label (or newspaper advertisement) glued partially over main label: ..[eve]ry desc[ription] ... / ... Store in this or any other ... / ...as; Sword and other Canes ... / ... Drums; Violins, Bass ... / ... with extra keys; Bassoons, Serpe[nts] ... / ... Horns, Kent and E. flat Bugles, Trum[pets] ... / ... and ... ngs and ... / .y ot... / ... [ke]ys (silver ... / ... at the shortest not[ice] ... / ... [Musical Instruments ... / ...

Provenance1965, sold by Otto van Kopenhagan, cello professor at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 27, 1987)