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Pulsnitz School

August Guth

Pulsnitz, 1840–1912

Pupil of Bausch in Leipzig and Grimm in Berlin. Worked briefly in Breslau and established in Antwerp from 1888. Stradivari, Maggini, and other models with spirit varnish. Branded: ‘A. G.’. Printed label: August Guth me fecit / Antverpiae anno 1908 — John Dilworth

Worked Pulsnitz
Made Violin
Taught by Bausch

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£1,725
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1904 November 1997 £1,725

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

GUTH, August Born 1840 Pilsnitz Poland, died 1912 Antwerp Belgium. Pupil of Bausch in Leipzig and Grimm in Berlin. Worked briefly in Breslau and established in Antwerp from 1888. Stradivari, Maggini, and other models with spirit varnish. Branded: ‘A. G.’. Printed label: August Guth me fecit / Antverpiae anno 1908

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Lebt als Geigenmacher in Antwerpen und war auf der dortigen Weltausstellung
1894 nicht schlecht vertreten.

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