Johann Georg (I) Schonfelder
Kraslice (Graslitz) Czech Republic, Worked from 1697 Markneukirchen Germany. Son of Simon Schönfelder, below. Master in the violin makers guild, Markneukirchen from 1697. Branded internally: ‘I.G.S.’ Joannes Georgius Schönfelder / probe Violino in Cremona 1712 [Lütgendorff] — John Dilworth
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Johann Georg (I) Worked from 1677. Kraslice (Graslitz) Czech Republic, Worked from 1697 Markneukirchen Germany. Son of Simon Schönfelder, below. Master in the violin makers guild, Markneukirchen from 1697. Branded internally: ‘I.G.S.’ Joannes Georgius Schönfelder / probe Violino in Cremona 1712 [Lütgendorff]
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