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Egg-crate viol

(American, 1839–1922)
about 1900–10
Object PlaceNorth Bridgton, Maine, United States
Medium/TechniquePine
Dimensions39 x 106 cm (15 3/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund, No. 2
Accession number1981.442
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStencilled in blue at lower end of body: [blue eagle]; stencilled in blue at upper end of body: John [...]emens / & [So]n. / Layers; cut in top as soundholes: C S
ProvenancePurchased from Lillian Caplin of New York. The instrument was at one time in the Spratt-Mead Museum at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine.
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