Liverpool School
Ardeton
Liverpool, worked 1925
Violins made by Rushworth and Dreaper in Liverpool, under the direction of Richmond Henry Bird. Stradivari model, occasionally other Cremonese prototypes. Oil varnished in various tints. The ‘Ardeton Violin’ / Made throughout in the / Workshops of / Rushworth & Dreaper / 11-17 Islington—Liverpo\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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ARDETON Worked circa. 1925 Liverpool UK. Violins made by Rushworth and Dreaper in Liverpool, under the direction of Richmond Henry Bird. Stradivari model, occasionally other Cremonese prototypes. Oil varnished in various tints. The ‘Ardeton Violin’ / Made throughout in the / Workshops of / Rushworth & Dreaper / 11-17 Islington—Liverpool / No.. Anno 1925
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Ernest Torr b. 1871
George Byrom 1870–1928
George Theodore Stott 1870–1953
John Alfred Gould 1866–1944
John Byrom b. 1929
R. Farrimond b. 1855
Richmond Henry Bird b. 1869
Robert Alton 1881–1963