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    John Leyden

    Glasgow, b. 1869

    Credited with about 50 violins. Cremonese models. Well varnished. Manuscript labels: John Leyden, Maker / Linthouse. Glasgow / No. 20. 1922 John Leyden, / Glasgow / No.38. 1926 — John Dilworth
    Worked Glasgow
    Made Viola, Violin
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    Auction Price History

    Highest auction price

    £960

    2 results

    Type Details Auction house Sold Price
    Viola41.3 cm Glasgow, 1920—March 2010£960
    Violin1918—July 1992£264

    Biographies

    The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

    John Dilworth+

    LEYDEN, John Born 1869, Worked Linthouse & Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland UK. Credited with about 50 violins. Cremonese models. Well varnished. Manuscript labels: John Leyden, Maker / Linthouse. Glasgow / No. 20. 1922 John Leyden, / Glasgow / No.38. 1926

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