Joseph Laurent Mast
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£9,000
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cello | Bearing the maker's brands to the back and under the button, some restorations, worm, back edge blemish | December 2024 | £7,766 |
| Violin | Labelled Josephus Laurentius Mast fecit, Appollini deo harmoniae 1800 | March 2024 | £9,000 |
| Violin | October 2014 | £1 | |
| Violin | 36.3 cm Mirecourt, 1806 | February 2010 | £3,849 |
| Violin | Toulouse, 1840 | June 2005 | £1,345 |
| Cello | 1820 | November 2003 | £4,700 |
| Violin | 1820 | December 2002 | £5,297 |
| Violin | 1820 c. | November 1999 | £690 |
| Violin | 1810 | June 1999 | £453 |
| Violin | 18-- | November 1992 | £1,650 |
| Violin | 1810 c. | November 1990 | £990 |
| Violin | 1804 | June 1989 | £3,080 |
| Violin | 1800-50 | May 1980 | £605 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MAST, Joseph Laurent Born 1779 Mirecourt, d.after 1830 Toulouse France. Son and pupil of Jean Laurent Mast, above. Apprenticed to Didier Nicolas. Established independently in Toulouse c.1800, in the rue des Balances. More classically graceful work than that of Jean Laurent, although still recognisably Mirecourtian. Widely scooped arching of medium height, quite flat across the centre. Rather narrow and upright soundholes, elegantly shaped. Purfling mitres deflected strongly across the corners. Traditional Mirecourt yellow varnish but also a better orange red recipe. Good materials. Some instruments with painted and decorated backs. Also prolific guitar maker. Branded internally and beneath back button: ‘Mast Fils. Toulouse’. Printed labels: Joseph Laurentius Mast fecit / Apollini, Deo Harmonia / 1816 Racommodé par Mast, rue / des Balances à Toulouse, 1808
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