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Herman Gerard Duwaer

Highest auction price

£2,300

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Utrecht, 1887 Mon 1st March 2004 £1,673
Violin 1886 Sat 1st June 2002 £956
Violin 1894 Thu 1st June 2000 £2,300
Biographies

John Dilworth

DUWAER, Herman Gerard Born 1842, died 1909 Utrecht Netherlands Son of Pieter Duwaer, piano maker. Started life as a cabinet maker; registered as a violin maker from 1883. Stradivarian modelling. Worked initially on Lange Lauwerstraat, Utrecht, later moving to Teelingstraat, and finally Oudherhof. Not a very refined maker, but showing a strong individuality. Rather meagre alcohol-based varnish. Hermanus Gerardus Duwaer / 1895 Utrecht

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