Aberdeen School
Robert Duncan
Aberdeen, worked 1739–1760
Most significant maker of the Aberdeen school. Very refined work on the Stainer model, comparable with contemporary Florentine work. Precise craftsmanship with delicate accurate chamfers and edges. The purfling is usually painted on, but with remarkable precision. It is highly likely that he had som\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.8 cm Aberdeen, 1795 | October 2006 | £821 |
| Violin | 1757 | May 2000 | £862 |
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
DUNCAN, Robert Worked circa. 1739-1760 Aberdeen Scotland UK. Most significant maker of the Aberdeen school. Very refined work on the Stainer model, comparable with contemporary Florentine work. Precise craftsmanship with delicate accurate chamfers and edges. The purfling is usually painted on, but with remarkable precision. It is highly likely that he had some professional training in London, possibly with Wamsley, the technical aspects of the work being very accomplished. Scroll cut with distinctive conical taper to the volutes, viewed from front and back, and extended last turn. Thin golden-brown varnish. Robert Duncan.Maker. / Aberdeen, 1775.
Cecie Stainer+
Working in Aberdeen in 1762.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er soll ursprünglich Tischler und Holzschnitzer gewesen sein, weshalb auch die Schnecken und die Beiwerke an seinen Geigen leidlich gut aussehen; Arbeit, Holz, Lack
und Ton sind sehr gewöhnlich, sein Modell ist hochgewölbt und geht auf Stainer zurück.
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