Johann Gottlob Pfretzschner
Highest auction price
£1,662
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
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Violin | 35.6 cm Markneukirchen, 1794. | Fri 1st April 2011 | £1,662 |
Violin | 36.0 cm 1800 c. [Workshop of] | Sun 1st March 2009 | £1,431 |
Violin | 35.7 cm 1790 c. | Mon 1st May 2006 | £613 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
Johann Gottlob Born 1753, died 1823. Good workmanship on elongated Stainer model. High arch. Characteristically Saxon head with exaggerated tail behind the eye of the volute. Golden-brown varnish. Credited with some more developed and Stradivari-like instruments towards the end of his life. Johann Gottlob Pfretzschner / Jacobus Stainer in Absahm prope / oeni pontum anno 1778 Johann Gottlob Pfretzschner, / prope Violino car Respontent / Romani Cremona 1799 Aus / J. G. Pfretzschners / Musikalisch Instrumenthandlung / in Neukirchen bei Adorf
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