Joachim Tielke, Pochette (pocket violin), property of the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, cypress, ivory, ebony, tortoiseshell, glass, Total: length: 400 mm (total length); width: 42 mm; depth: 26 mm; sounding string length: 373 mm; length: 275 mm (top length), label (instrument making): printed label ( small format): IOACHIM TIELKE, in Hamburg, An. 16[hs.]79, stringed instruments, flower ornaments, woman, head, face, baroque, This pocket violin, artistically decorated with marquetry of tortoiseshell in ivory and decorated with similistones, shows the typical characteristics of the richly decorated baroque instruments from the Hamburg workshop of Joachim Tielke. So far, only two pochettes with a completely different design were known, which had been made in Paris and provided with a workshop label by Tielke and resold. Another pochette is missing. The new instrument, which appeared in 2011, is thus a unique specimen in the oeuvre of Joachim Tielke's workshop.
Joachim Tielke, Pochette (pocket violin), property of the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, cypress, ivory, ebony, tortoiseshell, glass, Total: length: 400 mm (total length); width: 42 mm; depth: 26 mm; sounding string length: 373 mm; length: 275 mm (top length), label (instrument making): printed label ( small format): IOACHIM TIELKE, in Hamburg, An. 16[hs.]79, stringed instruments, flower ornaments, woman, head, face, baroque, This pocket violin, artistically decorated with marquetry of tortoiseshell in ivory and decorated with similistones, shows the typical characteristics of the richly decorated baroque instruments from the Hamburg workshop of Joachim Tielke. So far, only two pochettes with a completely different design were known, which had been made in Paris and provided with a workshop label by Tielke and resold. Another pochette is missing. The new instrument, which appeared in 2011, is thus a unique specimen in the oeuvre of Joachim Tielke's workshop.