Case for violin
W. E. Hill & Sons
(English, founded in 1887)
late 19th century
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueWood, leather
Credit LineEdward F. Searles Musical Instrument Collection—Gift of Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin A. Rowland, Jr., George B. Rowland, Daniel B. Rowland, Rodney D. Rowland and M.A. Swedlund in memory of their father, Benjamin Allen Rowland
Accession number1981.750
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1920, Edward F. Searles (1841-1920), Methuen, Massachusetts; by 1920, by inheritance to B. Allen Rowland (1910-1991), New Castle, New Hampshire; 1981, gift of the estate of B. Allen Rowland, Lawrence, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)
20th century
20th century
about 1870–80
about 1775
1730–40
19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
19th century