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PROBABLY EDWARD PAMPHILON
Lot 197

PROBABLY EDWARD PAMPHILON

A VIOLA, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1680

Closed27 November 2012

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USD 37,500

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PROBABLY EDWARD PAMPHILON
A VIOLA, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1680
Labeled Carlo Antonio Testore figlio maggiore del fu Carlo Giuseppe in Contrada larga al fegno dell'Aquila. 1730, length of back: 16 1/8 in. (409 mm) (2)

Specialist note

Certificate: Philip Rubin, San Carlos, CA, April 10, 1973 referring to the violin as Carlo Antonio Testore Appraisal, Whatley's Violin Shop, Austin, TX, May 6, 1959 referring to the violin as Carlo Antonio Testore
Dendrochronology: John Topham, Redhill, UK, August 2, 2011. The tree ring analysis report dates the youngest growth rings on the bass side of the top to the year 1669 and the treble side to 1667.