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Scan 298
the history of the violin, 1864
21 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 276. See the scan on archive.org.
1is believed, are living at this time. Copy of a written label used by the elder John:—
3"John Furber maker
413 John's Row top of Brick Lane
5Old St. Saint Luke. 1813."
7Harbur, or Harbour, ——, in 1785, lived in Duke Street, Lincoln's-inn Fields, and moved to Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in 1786.
9Harriss, Charles, lived at Cannon Street Road, Ratcliffe Highway, and was a Custom House officer, tide-waiter, as well as a fiddle-maker, and was chiefly employed in making instruments for shipping orders and the trade, but it is not known of whom he learned to work. Samuel Gilkes, who will be noticed elsewhere, was an apprentice of this person (vide the third William Forster).
11Harriss, Charles, was the eldest son of the above, and fellow-apprentice with Gilkes. However, little is known regarding him; he became possessed of some property in Northamptonshire from a branch of the family, and was called Squire Harriss; but some adverse circumstances compelled him to seek employment amongst the trade about the middle of the present century.
13Heesom, Edward, Londoni. Fecit 1749.
14Holloway, J., 31, Gerard Street, Soho, 1794.
15Marshall, John, was a tolerably good workman, and the violins which have been seen are made of the Steiner pattern. Some of the labels used by him were as follows:—
17"Johannes Marshall
18Londini. Fecit 1750."
20The above was printed on a narrow slip of paper, with
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