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Scan 88
The violin : how to choose one, 1893
21 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 84. See the scan on archive.org.
A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.
1ERVINE, Robert, 39 Frank Street, Mountpottinger, Belfast, Ireland. Models, Stradivarius and Guarnerius. Varnish, Whitelaw's, yellow and ruby mixed. Ticket, printed in written characters from an engraved plate, with monogram at left side—
3Made by
4Robert Ervine
5in Belfast.
61893. No.
8FINGLAND, Samuel, 15 Broomhill Avenue, Partick, Glasgow. Models, Stradivarius and Guarnerius. Varnish, brownish-red. Ticket, hand-written on parchment paper—
10Samuel Fingland,
11fecit 1892. No. 14.
13FLEMING, John, 2 Hamilton Street, Saltcoats. Model, Stradivarius. Varnish, Whitelaw's; colour, reddish-yellow. No ticket, but stamped on bare wood on the inside of the back
15JOHN FLEMING.
17GORRIE, James, 214 Cambridge Street, Glasgow. Model, Guarnerius. Varnish, Whitelaw's; colours, yellow and red. Ticket, printed from types, with a border—
19James Gorrie,
20Glasgow.
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