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Arthur (I) Betts

London, b. c.1738

1763-1765 London UK. Presumed to be a workman of Richard Duke, making instruments in his style after a coarsened Stainer model with dull brown varnish. Manuscript label: Arthur Betts Maker / at ye top of West Lane / Rotherhithe London 1765 — John Dilworth
Worked London
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£7,800

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinLabelled Arthur Betts Maker London 1765 Lot 45Ingles & HaydayNovember 2022£7,800est. £ 7,000-12,000
Cello BowIllustrated in The British Violin, 2000, p. 354; silver mounted, fluted shaft, ornate frog Lot 46Brompton’sOctober 2019£4,800est. £ 7,000-10,000

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

BETTS, Arthur (I) Born circa. 1738, Worked circa. 1763-1765 London UK. Presumed to be a workman of Richard Duke, making instruments in his style after a coarsened Stainer model with dull brown varnish. Manuscript label: Arthur Betts Maker / at ye top of West Lane / Rotherhithe London 1765

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