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

Jacobs

Amsterdam

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

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 46, scan 54.
JACOBS, —— Amsterdam, 18th. Century. This maker imitated the Amatis and produced some good instruments after their Models which also partook of their sweet tone but had little power. One authority we have consulted calls this maker a pupil of Amati, and states that he used whalebone purfling.
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  • May be the same person as Jacobs

Same name

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