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Lukavici School

Jan Musil

Lukavici, 1885–1965

Very clean and well-finished copies of Stradivari and Guarneri. Softly rounded edges and shaded spirit varnish. Distinctive ‘M’ shape worked into the purfling at the bottom middle bout. Manuscript label. — John Dilworth

Worked Lukavici

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John Dilworth+

MUSIL, Jan Born 1885 Lukavice Letohradu, died 1965 Klánovic, Prague Czech Republic. Very clean and well-finished copies of Stradivari and Guarneri. Softly rounded edges and shaded spirit varnish. Distinctive ‘M’ shape worked into the purfling at the bottom middle bout. Manuscript label.

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