Bow & Bridge

Pearce, William Robert

1833–1897

As printed

  1. John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker (1914)

    PEARCE, WILLIAM ROBERT, b. 1833, d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1855.”—Stainer’s Dic. of Violin-Makers.

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    1. by George Duncan, Glasgow," with the year. His instruments were models of the two great makers—Stradivari and Guarneri. Morris says that Duncan was a born artist,
    3. PEARCE, WILLIAM ROBERT, b. 1833, d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1855."—Stainer's Dic. of Violin-Makers.
    5. SPRENGER, ANTON.—Stainer gives the following: "b. 1834, Mittenwald. Was there a pupil of Anton Hornsteiner, later worked under Tiefenbrunner of Munich, and Kindl and also Fischer in Vienna. In 1870 he settled at Stuttgart, at 23, Hospitalstrasse. He made violins and violoncellos on the Stradivari and Guarneri patterns, using oil varnish of good quality. Died 1900." Probably the same as in the above list of Awards, 1885.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Pearce, William Robert, b. 1833; d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1885.

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    2. Pearce, James and Thomas. Two brothers working in London, in Peter Street, Saffron Hill, about 1780-1800. Their work was poor.
    4. Pearce, William Robert, b. 1833; d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1885.
    6. Peccate, Charles. A maker of bows in Paris. Obtained a silver medal at the 1889 Exhibition.

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Record note

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Places and dates of work
Pearce, William Robert, b. 1833; d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1885. reported1
Places and dates of work
Pearce, William Robert, b. 1833; d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1885. reported1
Places and dates of work
PEARCE, WILLIAM ROBERT, b. 1833, d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1855.”—Stainer’s Dic. of Violin-Makers. reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1833. As printed in the cited source: “Pearce, William Robert, b. 1833” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1897. As printed in the cited source: “Pearce, William Robert, b. 1833; d. 1897” reported1

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Notes

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The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Egglestone, William Morley, John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker (Stanhope: Egglestone, 1914). archive.org, johnaskewstanhop00eggliala. https://archive.org/details/johnaskewstanhop00eggliala.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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