Cellos by Country
Most recent addition:
- Ref: 192 Maker: Leon Mougenot (Gauche) Year: 1932 Category: £10,001 - £20,000
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Chinese cellos
Ref: 152 Category: New hand-made Maker: (various) Year: n/a Size: [various]
Indicative price range: £1,600 - £2,800.
Ref: 160 Category: New hand-made Maker: (various) Year: n/a Back length: 760mm
Another superb example of a hand made cello from one of the best Chinese workshops. This Strad copy is in a perfect state and made from the finest wood and covered in a rich red-brown varnish. The tone is deep, rich and easily produced. £3,000.
Eastern European cellos
Ref: 149 Category: Up to £2,000 (students' instruments) Maker: (unknown) Year: c.1960 Back length: 1096mm
DOUBLE BASS. We have been asked to sell for a client, their double bass. It is a modern instrument, with laminated wood, made circa 1960 and is East European. It is in a mint condition. It has a swell back which measures 43” [109.6cm] and the varnish a honey colour. The price is £1,600 (or nearest offer).
English cellos
Ref: 100 Category: Rare and Special Maker: Arthur & John Betts Year: c.1830 Back length: 754mm Status: Sold or on reserve
A very fine and rare English 'cello by Arthur and John Betts of London, made circa 1830. This unique instrument represents their finest work. It is in an almost mint condition and sold with the certificate of W. E. Hill & Sons, London.
French cellos
Ref: 180 Category: Rare and Special Maker: Auguste Bernadel Year: 1862 Back length: 760mm Status: Sold or on reserve
We are pleased to offer an exceptional and rare 19th Century 'cello made by the great French and Parisian maker, AUGUSTE SEBASTIAN BERNADEL (known as 'Bernadel Pere'). Instruments of this quality and condition (this 'cello is in a mint condition) appear on the market once in a lifetime, let alone the work of the great Bernadel. The 'cello contains the maker's original printed label at the rue Croix des Petits Champs, Paris, dated 1862, together with the signature of Bernadel on the inner back. Covered in a rich, deep, red-brown varnish, the 'cello has a superb, solo quality tone. (Sold with the certificate of Rampel-Vatelot at Paris, dated 2009). [images pending]
Ref: 183 Category: £10,001 - £20,000 Maker: Gustave Bazin Year: c.1890 Back length: 757mm
The BAZIN family of France excelled themselves as great bow makers. GUSTAVE BAZIN although a trained bow maker originally, concentrated his abilities and efforts into becoming an instrument maker. So good was his work, J.B.COLLIN-MEZIN employed him as his top craftsman for several years. His neat work and use of the finest wood can be seen in this 'cello from the 1890s. It is in an almost mint condition (highly rare for a 'cello of this age!) and has a superb tone. [images pending]
Ref: 192 Category: £10,001 - £20,000 Maker: Leon Mougenot (Gauche) Year: 1932 Back length: 755mm
Léon Mougenot's ateliér at Mirecourt, France, 1918
At the age of thirteen, LEON MOUGENOT began his studies with his father George Mougenot, in Brussels. After working for the famous French maker Paul Blanchard in Lyons and then Paul Jombar in Paris, he removed to London and spent a few years with the World renown firm of W. E. Hill & Sons in Bond Street.
In 1899 he returned to France and created his own famous workshop in Mirecourt where it remained operating until the début of the 1950s. A list of some of the luthiers who worked for him, is an indication of the thoroughly high quality and standard of their output. [French] Charles Enel, Max Millant, Rene Jacquemin, Lucien Schmitt, Paul Bisch, Lucien Ragot. [English] Hill. [Italian] Carlo and Leandro Bisiach.
The 'cello which we are offering was made in the workshops in 1932 [numbered '274'] and is a supreme example of their finest work. It is in a mint condition and has a resonant, rich tone. [images pending]
German cellos
Ref: 153 Category: Up to £2,000 (students' instruments) Maker: Neuner & Hornsteiner Year: c.1860 Back length: 643mm Status: Sold or on reserve
A fine and rare half size German cello made circa 1860 in Mittenwald in the workshops of Neuner & Hornsteiner. Covered with a rich, red varnish on an amber ground, this instrument is in a good condition. The tone is full and rich. £1,400.