Ole H. Bryant

Highest auction price

£5,071

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.4 cm Boston, 1915	Fri 1st October 2010	£4,834
Violin	35.4 cm Boston, 1920	Mon 1st June 2009	£2,130
Violin	35.3 cm Boston, 1928 [Possibly workshop of]	Sun 1st March 2009	£673
Violin	35.4 cm Boston, 1920	Thu 1st May 2008	£2,245
Violin	35.5 cm Boston, 1914	Thu 1st May 2008	£2,710
Violin	35.6 cm Boston, 1909	Tue 1st May 2007	£1,414
Violin	35.4 cm Boston, 1921	Tue 1st May 2007	£2,304
Violin	Boston, 1908	Sun 1st October 2006	£1,768
Violin	Boston, 1939	Sun 1st May 2005	£2,807
Violin	Boston, 1937	Sun 1st May 2005	£1,560
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	Sun 1st May 2005	£140
Violin	1921	Tue 1st May 2001	£5,071
Violin	1921	Mon 1st May 2000	£4,107
Violin	1914	Mon 1st May 2000	£1,068

Biographies

John Dilworth

BRYANT, Ole H. Born 1873, died 1943 Thornton, New Hampshire USA. Son of Charles Henry Bryant, above; pupil also of Charles Gage. Active from 1885. Moved to Wolfeboro with his father, subsequently to Boston as repairer for the Elias Howe Company 1894. Worked with his uncle Edmund, above, in Boston 1905-1908 and for Oliver Ditson until 1910. Established his own shop in Thornton. 162 violins of Guarneri and Stradivari model with amber oil varnish, of exceptionally fine quality; also three violas and two cellos. Employed a substantial staff of craftsmen who signed each instrument individually. Highly regarded in his time as an expert connoisseur, and did a great deal of repair work for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Taught violin making at summer schools in Boston and Wolfeboro near Lake Winnepesaukee. Instruments made by his assistants bear their individual labels and sometimes the words ‘under the instruction of O. H. Bryant’. O. H. Bryant / Boston. Mass. / 1926. / No. O.H.B ..