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Johann Georg Witting

worked 1754–1775

Good neat workmanship of the Klotz school. Thin but transparent golden yellow-brown to red varnish. Neatly turned scroll of good proportions. Johann Georg Witting fecit / Mittenwald Anno 1771 — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

WITTING, Johann Georg Worked circa. 1754-1775 Mittenwald Germany. Good neat workmanship of the Klotz school. Thin but transparent golden yellow-brown to red varnish. Neatly turned scroll of good proportions. Johann Georg Witting fecit / Mittenwald Anno 1771

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Mittenwald about 1775. His instruments are fairly well made, with a dark yellow-brown varnish.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Arbeiten von ihm kommen ziemlich häufig vor und verrathen eine kunstgeübte Hand. Das Modell geht auf Klotz zurück; das Holz ist häufig recht gut.

Henri Poidras+

Mittenwald circa 1770. Dark yellow varnish. Klotz model.

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