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James Raeburn

1810–1878

Employed as a gardener on an estate near Braco. Amateur maker on Amati models; finely worked. Corner blocks fixed by dowel pins. Some with mother-of-pearl inlay in the back. Golden-red oil varnish. Cellos also known. Manuscript label: James Raeburn Maker / Braco 1875 — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

RAEBURN, James Born 1810 Largoward, Fifeshire, died 1878 Braco, Perthshire, Scotland UK. Employed as a gardener on an estate near Braco. Amateur maker on Amati models; finely worked. Corner blocks fixed by dowel pins. Some with mother-of-pearl inlay in the back. Golden-red oil varnish. Cellos also known. Manuscript label: James Raeburn Maker / Braco 1875

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