Saxony School
Carl Friedrich Glass
Saxony, worked 1791–1810
Early work rather crude. School of Hopf, often lacking linings or purfling. Later instruments made on a Stradivari-derived model with flatter arch. Good golden-brown varnish. Branded with name or initials. — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
GLASS, Carl Friedrich Worked circa. 1791-1810 Klingenthal, Saxony Germany. Early work rather crude. School of Hopf, often lacking linings or purfling. Later instruments made on a Stradivari-derived model with flatter arch. Good golden-brown varnish. Branded with name or initials.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Seine Geigen, die im Werth denen der Familie Hopf gleich stehen, unterscheiden
sich durch höhere Wölbung von diesen.
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Working in Saxony at the same time
Carl August Hofmann worked 1800
David (I) Hopf worked 1790–1820
David Christian Hopf 1734–1803
Engelbert Hor worked 1790–1796
F. C. Hopf worked 1800–1809
Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf worked 1790–1820
Joachim Franz worked 1808–1814