Bury School
John Ashton
Bury, b. 1859
after 1923 Bury, Lancashire UK. Self-taught amateur maker active from 1897. Stradivari-derived model showing decent workmanship. Yellow and red oil varnishes. Jno. Ashton (No. 8) / Violin Maker / Elton-Bury 1920 — John Dilworth
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ASHTON, John Born 1859, d. after 1923 Bury, Lancashire UK. Self-taught amateur maker active from 1897. Stradivari-derived model showing decent workmanship. Yellow and red oil varnishes. Jno. Ashton (No. 8) / Violin Maker / Elton-Bury 1920
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