Sunderland

3 makers. The one year printed is 1841.

Every maker here has Sunderland in a printed line.

1800s

• 1841 Colvin, Gavin
  COLVIN, GAVIN, Sunderland, contemporary. He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, in 1841. About fifteen years ago he was fortunate enough to …

No year printed

• no year Moore, Anthony John
  MOORE, ANTHONY JOHN, Sunderland: contemporary. An artist by profession, who has taken up violin making as a hobby. I have not seen any of his recent work, but some of his instruments are said to have a beautiful tone.
• no year Streets, James
  STREETS, JAMES, Sunderland: contemporary. An amateur who produces excellent work. A viola of his make which I saw and tried some years ago might pass for the work of an experienced professional maker.

The books that name them

• British violin-makers classical and modern; being a biographical and critical dictionary of British makers of the violin from the foundation of the classical school to the end of the nineteenth century, Morris, 1904
• British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work, W. Meredith Morris, 1920
• British Violin Makers, W. Meredith Morris, 1920

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.