Charles Tourte

Highest auction price

£9,320

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	S/E 57.5 g. [Attributed to]	Fri 1st October 2010	£1,502
Violin Bow	S/E 54 g.	Tue 1st June 2010	£9,320
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. Paris, 1780 c.	Sat 1st November 2008	£8,981
Viola Bow	S/E 63.5 g. [Ascribed to]	Tue 1st May 2007	£4,912
Violin Bow	Ivory Paris, 1780 c. Cramer head, open frog	Wed 1st February 2006	£7,800
Violin Bow	Open frog 55 g.	Tue 1st November 2005	£2,814
Violin Bow	?/I 60.5 g. (button not original)	Wed 1st June 2005	£5,635

Biographies

John Dilworth

TOURTE, Charles Born circa. 1770, d. before 1816 Paris France. Son and pupil of Nicolas Léonard Tourte, below. His contribution to the output of the Tourte workshop is not easily assessed. Very few examples of his work are known, and as many later Mirecourt bow makers were to do, he added his wife’s initial, ‘T’, for her maiden name Toupot to his own brand. It is assumed that spouses of bow makers were closely involved in dressing the hair and other aspects of the craft. Known work is very modern in appearance, with closed frog and incambered stick. Branded: TOURTE.T [Millant/Raffin]