Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1783, the 'Huxham'
Cello: 24696
Labeled, "Joannes Baptista Guadagnini, Cremonensis fecit Taurini, alumnus Antoni Stradivari 1783."
The varnish recent over original ground.
Back: Two-piece
Varnish: Dark red-brown
Length of back: 71.0 cm
Upper bouts: 33.3 cm
Middle bouts: 24.4 cm
Lower bouts: 42.2 cm
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Provenance
| Sold by Erich Lachmann | |
| in 1923 | Charles Tunsch |
| until 1927 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1927-1944 | Sidney H. Huxham |
| 1944-1949 | William Lewis & Son |
| from 1949 | Frederick E. Perfect |
| in 1955 | Sold by William Lewis & Son |
| until 1972 | William Moennig & Son |
| until 2011 | Anonymous |
| in 2011 | Sold by Tarisio |
| from 2011 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1972)- Certificate: William Lewis & Son, Chicago, IL (1949)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY (1927)
- Certificate: Silvestre & Maucotel, Paris (1923)
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References
- Private Archives - 10746
- Tarisio's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 9-10, 2011, New York
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
- Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1945, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
- The Lewis Collection of Old Violins, Old Violas, Cellos & Bows (Spring, 1955), William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1955