French viola bow made by Jean-Joseph Martin ca. 1870

A rare, fine old French viola bow made by Jean-Joseph Martin ca. 1870 (probably with some assistance of Pierre Cuniot). J.J.Martin was a fine, quite important French bow maker from the second half of 19th century. He also made good bows for J.B. Vuillaume. This is a good example and excellent playing bow in a fine state of preservation.
The stick is dark brown amourette of excellent choice, round, quite strong with fine flexibility, excellent sound and handling. The frog and button are ebony with nickel mountings. The length of the stick is 73 cm and the weight is of the bow is 71 g with original tinsel/silk winding.