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J. Nicholson

Bebington, London, worked 1880

NICHOLSON, J. Worked circa. 1880 London UK. Doctor of medicine and amateur violin maker. Designed a new form of violin without soundpost with the assistance of George Chanot; described in his pamphlet Designs and Plans for the Construction and Arrangements of the New Model Violin (H. K. Lewis, Londo\u{2026} — John Dilworth

Worked Bebington, London
Made Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£660

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinCurled two-piece back, no interior label Lot 984McTear'sJuly 2024£75est. £ 100-200
ViolinLabelled Hand made by J. D. Nicholson, Bebington - 2013, initialed on the label J.D.N., good condition Lot 66Brompton'sJune 2020£660est. £ 500-800

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NICHOLSON, J. Worked circa. 1880 London UK. Doctor of medicine and amateur violin maker. Designed a new form of violin without soundpost with the assistance of George Chanot; described in his pamphlet Designs and Plans for the Construction and Arrangements of the New Model Violin (H. K. Lewis, London, 1880).

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