Johann Gottfried Hamm

Violin maker
(1744 – 1817)

Johann Gottfried Hamm became a Master of the Violin Makers' Guild in 1764. He was regarded as the best maker of the family. His label indicated a debt to Rome and Cremona, although there is no evidence of any experience in those cities. The model featured a Stainer design with a medium-high arch and a deeply channelled edge. It had a very individual head, characterized by oval volutes that were deeply ...Read More undercut and extended into a very reduced eye, surmounting a swan-necked pegbox. Sometimes, it was inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl around the edges. The varnish displayed variable shades, and good materials were used. It was branded internally with `I*G*H' and occasionally with 'Hamm'. The printed label read: Johann Gottfried Hamm / Instrumenten Macher / Stadt Neukirchen bey Adolf / im Voigtlande Fecit Ao 1810 and Johann Gottfried Hamm, / Prope violino correspondent/ Romani Cremona Ao 17.. Read Less

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $5,164 in Mar 2019, for a violin.
- 42 auction price results.

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