Certificates & Documents

• Certificate: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1952) Ascribes the instrument to Montagnana 173x.
• Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (1949) Ascribes the instrument to Montagnana 1733.
• Letter: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY Ascribes the instrument to Dom Nicolo Amati.

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

• Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, May 13, 2000, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne (illustrated)
• E-mail correspondence with Yuki Koike, October, 2003
• Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)
• Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
• Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
• Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
• Peter Biddulph photographic archives
• Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, June 11, 2002, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
• Sotheby's Photo Archive