Claude Pirot
Paris, worked 1795–1835
Established in the rue des Grands Augustins. Fine Stradivari model, some with slightly raised arch; best examples comparable with Lupot. Fine scrolls with elongated peg box. Excellent materials; frequently backs of one piece. Thick red-brown or pale yellow varnish. Sometimes branded on lower rib. — John Dilworth
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
38 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brands to the lower rib and back Lot 168 | Vichy | December 2025 | £11,510est. € 8.000-10.000 |
| Violin | Labelled C. Pirot fecit Parisiis anno 1803, inscribed to the inside back ... Pirot Lot 159 | Tarisio | November 2025 | £20,254est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label, some table restorations, minor back blemish Lot 255 | Laurent | June 2024 | £16,813est. € 8.000-10.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 10 | Vichy | December 2020 | £20,159est. € 10.000-12.000 |
| Violin | Bernard Millant collection, bearing the maker's label and brand Lot 302 | Vichy | November 2019 | £19,510est. € 12.000-15.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Fent Lot 325 | Vichy | November 2019 | £10,770est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Labelled C. Pirot fecit, Parisis anno 1806, branded to the lower ribs Pirot Lot 206 | Tarisio | March 2019 | £17,700est. £ 15,000-22,000 |
| Violin | Labelled C. Pirot Fecit Parisiis 1813, branded Pirot, above the label and in the upper back Lot 13 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2018 | £21,600est. £ 15,000-25,000 |
| Violin | Labelled C. Pirot Fecit Parisiis Anno 1812, branded Pirot above the label and in the upper back Lot 228 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2018 | £15,600est. £ 12,000-18,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand to the lower rib, revarnished Lot 264 | Vichy | June 2018 | £3,681est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brands Lot 15 | Vichy | November 2017 | £21,120est. € 12.000-15.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brands to the table and back Lot 405 | Vichy | June 2017 | £14,616est. € 13.000-15.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Pique Lot 309 | Vichy | December 2016 | £5,585est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brands internally to the back Lot 451 | Vichy | June 2015 | £4,379est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 462 | Vichy | December 2014 | £10,359est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand to the back internally Lot 160 | Vichy | June 2013 | £18,360est. € 15.000-20.000 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm Early 19th C. Attributed to | — | July 2011 | £4,040 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1804 | — | October 2007 | £19,700 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Attributed to | — | July 2006 | £3,360 |
| Violin | Paris, 1818 Ascribed to & possibly by | — | October 2004 | £5,090 |
| Violin | 1820 c. | — | October 2003 | £10,856 |
| Violin | 1803 | — | October 2002 | £6,118 |
| Violin | 1810 | — | November 2001 | £1,400 |
| Cello | 1820 | — | November 2000 | £15,280 |
| Violin | 1800 | — | June 2000 | £11,968 |
| Violin | 1923 | — | September 1998 | £10,268 |
| Violin | 1820 c. | — | June 1998 | £5,750 |
| Violin | 1806 | — | March 1997 | £920 |
| Violin | 1812 | — | March 1992 | £9,900 |
| Violin | 1815 | — | November 1991 | £4,840 |
| Violin | 1803 | — | June 1991 | £4,620 |
| Violin | 1806 | — | November 1990 | £7,260 |
| Violin | 1815 | — | November 1988 | £3,410 |
| Violin | 1822 | — | March 1988 | £3,740 |
| Violin | 1815 c. | — | March 1988 | £1,100 |
| Violin | 1816 | — | April 1987 | £3,520 |
| Viola | 39.7 cm 1804 | — | November 1983 | £2,200 |
| Violin | 180- | — | September 1981 | £1,430 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
PIROT, Claude Worked circa. 1795-1835 Paris France. Established in the rue des Grands Augustins. Fine Stradivari model, some with slightly raised arch; best examples comparable with Lupot. Fine scrolls with elongated peg box. Excellent materials; frequently backs of one piece. Thick red-brown or pale yellow varnish. Sometimes branded on lower rib. Printed label: Cde. Pirot Fecit / Parisiis Anno 1810
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in Paris about 1800-20 He made good violins on the Italian pattern ; the bellies are slightly arched, the backs hardly at all; the sound-holes are well cut; the varnish is very thick, sometimes red-brown, sometimes pale yellow colour.
Similar labels have been found in violins dated 1808, 1810, 1813.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein verdienstvoller Geigenmacher, der die Italiener gut studirt hat und Lupot manchmal nahekommt. Die Wölbung nahm er ziemlich flach und schnitt die F-Löcher besonders schön. Sein rother oder rothbrauner Lack ist ziemlich dick und nicht durchsichtig genug. Zwei Violinen von ihm von 1803 und 1813 besitzt das Museum des Pariser Conservatoriums (No. 29 und No. 1012) und eine Violine von 1810 Berlin aus der Sammlung Snoeck.
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