Hircutt
London, worked 1600
Coarse work, according to Henley. High-arched with upright soundholes, dark varnish, and poor materials. Branded: ‘Hircutt, London’. The name is first mentioned in Pearce Violins and Violin Makers (1866) and repeated subsequently without substantiation. No support can be found for Henley’s descripti\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
HIRCUTT Worked circa. 1600 London UK. Coarse work, according to Henley. High-arched with upright soundholes, dark varnish, and poor materials. Branded: ‘Hircutt, London’. The name is first mentioned in Pearce Violins and Violin Makers (1866) and repeated subsequently without substantiation. No support can be found for Henley’s description.
Cecie Stainer+
A maker working in London about 1600.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein Meister dieses Namens soll am Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts in London
gelebt haben.
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