the two piece curly maple back stamped 'DRESDEN' and 'REGISTERED' and painted with a portrait of the violinist Ludwig Spohr, the button with a Registration stamp and number 390660, the back of the scroll branded 'LOWENDALL'S ARTIST VIOLIN'; the front of ash with interior label 'Louis Lowendall/ fecit Dresdæ. Anno 1883'; TOGETHER WITH a bow stamped GERMANY and branded initials ACHM in a cross, 740mm long; in a baize-lined wood case with extra keys, frets, strings, and tailpiece back 358mm long, upper bout 170mm, lower bout 214mm Note: Ludwig Spohr, 1784 -1859, was a German composer, violinist, and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, he toured extensively through Europe, and made six tours of England beginning in 1820. He composed more than one hundred and fifty works in the Romantic style, but fell into obscurity for most of the 20th century, but has experienced a rediscovery over the last few decades.
the two piece curly maple back stamped 'DRESDEN' and 'REGISTERED' and painted with a portrait of the violinist Ludwig Spohr, the button with a Registration stamp and number 390660, the back of the scroll branded 'LOWENDALL'S ARTIST VIOLIN'; the front of ash with interior label 'Louis Lowendall/ fecit Dresdæ. Anno 1883'; TOGETHER WITH a bow stamped GERMANY and branded initials ACHM in a cross, 740mm long; in a baize-lined wood case with extra keys, frets, strings, and tailpiece back 358mm long, upper bout 170mm, lower bout 214mm Note: Ludwig Spohr, 1784 -1859, was a German composer, violinist, and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, he toured extensively through Europe, and made six tours of England beginning in 1820. He composed more than one hundred and fifty works in the Romantic style, but fell into obscurity for most of the 20th century, but has experienced a rediscovery over the last few decades.
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