Harold Clare

CLARE, Harold (Harry) Born 1884 Stretton, Cheshire, Worked Merthyr Tydfil and Whitley Bay UK. Musician and pupil of J. E. Harris in violin making. Established in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales c.1920; later in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Stradivari and Guarneri models, and his own personal design adopted after 1925. Well executed. Oil varnished. Each instrument named after a celebrated virtuoso or maker. First prize at the Royal National Eisteddford, Pontypridd 1924 with a violin bearing the name of William Henley. Made bv Harry Clare / 19.. / ' Kreisler’/ at Merthyr Tydfil.