Bass Bow By W E Hill & Sons Dragonetti Style C.1820

W E Hill & Sons designed their own bow, English in character, from Dodd & Tubbs.
Many 20th century English bow-makers passed through the Hill workshops.
The Hills used five different stamps, each one denoting a different quality level. They are, in order of quality top to bottom: W. E. Hill & Sons - W. E. H & S - Hill & Sons England - H & S - Hill.

The round stick of pernambuco of a dark orange-brown colour, plain open clip in ebony frog.