Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1683, the 'Lord Aylesford'
Violin: 40109
Back: Two-piece
Scroll: almost plain
Varnish: Orange-yellow-brown
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Provenance
| in 1780 | Felice de Giardini |
| ... | ... |
| in 1790 | Lord Aylesford |
| ... | ... |
| in c. 1822 | Anonymous |
| ... | ... |
| in 1828 | George Ware |
| until 1838 | Dodd |
| from 1838 | Reuter |
| until 1914 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1914 | R. S. Williams & Son |
| from 1920 | Walter Gretsch |
| from 1923 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1924-1925 | Leslie W. Brown |
| 1925-1926 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1926 | Lidus von Giltay |
| in 1961 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1914)- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH
- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1677.
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1914)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Antonio Stradivari and His Instruments, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Ltd., Sussex, 1961 (illustrated)
