Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Frankland

London · 1780 to 1790

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

British violin-makers classical and modern, Morris, W. Meredith (William Meredith). London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. Scan 154.
FRANKLAND, ——, London: 1780–90. He was probably a pupil of one of the Forsters, and he was employed by "young" Forster for some time. Ordinary work and tone. No label known.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 250, scan 274.
FRANKLAND. London, 1785; employed by the William Forsters.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 23, scan 45. Held as more than one scan.
FRANKLAND, ——, London, 1785.
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Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, Joseph. London: Longman and co.; Sheffield, J. Pearce, jun., 1866. Page 35, scan 43.
FRANKLAND, —— London, 1785.
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  • Entries from 4 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
  • May be the same person as Frankland

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

162 other London makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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