London · b. 1835
Historical maker
Named in 3 books.
What the books printed
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 116, scan 140. Held as more than one scan.
Tubbs, London. A family of prominent bow makers for four generations. The name of the present firm is James Tubbs and Son, Wardour Street 94, London. All the bows made by members of this famous family are of the highest grade, and greatly sought after by collectors and artists.
two machine readings of this page disagree, and neither has been chosen yet
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. p. 116. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "TUBBS, London. A family of prominent bow makers for four generations. The name of the present firm is James Tubbs and Son, Wardour Street 94, London. All the bows made by members of this famous family are of the highest grade, and greatly sought after by collectors and artists."
British Violin Makers, W. Meredith Morris. London: Robert Scott, 1920. p. 241.
As printed on this page: "TUBBS, JAMES & SON, London: contemporary. James Tubbs is a son of William Tubbs, a bow maker, and was born in Rupert Court, March 25, 1835. His name has been a "household" word among artists and bow collec…"
A catalogue of the Lyon & Healy collection of rare old violins, violas, viloncellos, bows of rare makes, Lyon & Healy. Chicago, Lyon & Healy, 1929. p. 112.
As printed on this page: "JAMES TUBBS, LONDON"
- Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.
- May be the same person as Tubbs
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
175 other London makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1833 to 1852 Fendt, W.
- 1833 to 1852 Fendt, William
- 1833 to 1897 Pearce, William Robert
- 1834 to 1856 Pearce, G.
- born 1835 Tubbs, James son
- 1837 Grosjean, John Frederick