Pierre Cuniot
Mirecourt, 1839–1884
Bowmaker. Possibly a pupil of F. Bazin. Established independently in 1873, produced mainly Bazin types, but some copies of Tourte and Lupot. Succeeded by his son Eugène. Dark brown sticks, generally round, branded: ‘CUNIOT’ [Millant/Raffin] — John Dilworth
Worked
Mirecourt
Made
Cello Bow, Viola Bow, Violin Bow
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Auction Price History
Highest auction price
£6,484
134 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cello Bow | Silver mounted, round stick, ebony frog with pearl eye, later silver and ebony button Lot 115 | — | March 2026 | £2,400est. Estimate £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 2037 | Vichy | December 2025 | £564est. € 600-800 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, ebony frog Lot 110 | Aguttes | November 2025 | £2,193est. € 2.000-3.500 |
| Violin Bow | A nickel-mounted violin bow by Pierre Cuniot, France, circa 1880 Lot 213 | Amati | October 2025 | £1,264est. £ 1,000-2,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick, minus hair Lot 2192 | Vichy | June 2025 | £686est. € 600-800 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted Lot 299 | Vichy | June 2025 | £842est. € 1.800-2.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, ebony frog, minus hair Lot 104 | Aguttes | June 2025 | £1,792est. € 1.800-2.800 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 2327 | Vichy | November 2023 | £814est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 737 | Vichy | November 2023 | £1,083est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Viola Bow | Nickel mounted, exotic wood stick Lot 749 | Vichy | May 2023 | £1,104est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 881 | Vichy | May 2023 | £934est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 2085 | Vichy | May 2023 | £861est. € 800 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick, ivory frog Lot 2026 | Vichy | May 2023 | £521est. € 600 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, silver lapping Lot 2340 | Vichy | May 2022 | £869est. € 800 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 232 | Vichy | December 2021 | £1,794est. € 1.800-2.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, frog and button by Ch.N. Bazin Lot 629 | Vichy | December 2021 | £919est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, exotic wood stick Lot 591 | Vichy | December 2021 | £765est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick Lot 2028 | Vichy | November 2021 | £508est. € 500 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, minus hair Lot 2033 | Vichy | December 2020 | £700est. € 500 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, minus hair, thin lapping Lot 2142 | Vichy | December 2020 | £323est. € 300 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 2093 | Vichy | September 2020 | £496 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 2199 | Vichy | September 2020 | £496 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, minus hair Lot 743 | Vichy | September 2020 | £1,211 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 735 | Vichy | July 2020 | £433 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 900 | Vichy | July 2020 | £757 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 101 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £1,800est. £ 1,500-2,200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, minus hair, thin lapping Lot 184 | Vichy | March 2020 | £130est. € 50 |
| Cello Bow | Silver mounted, round stick unstamped, button later Lot 13 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £2,880est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 56 | Tarisio | February 2020 | £1,205est. $ 1,200-1,800 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, frog and button by L. J. Morizot Lot 590 | Vichy | June 2019 | £1,760est. € 800 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 594 | Vichy | June 2019 | £550est. € 500 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 878 | Vichy | June 2019 | £770est. € 800 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 934 | Vichy | June 2019 | £990est. € 750 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick stamped L. MORIZOT, ebony frog Lot 128 | Apollium | May 2019 | £1,530est. € 3.000-4.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 87 | Tarisio | May 2019 | £1,924est. $ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 190 | Vichy | March 2019 | £431est. € 500 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, signed Lucien Schmitt ... Lot 640 | Vichy | March 2019 | £667est. € 600 |
| Cello Bow | Round stick unstamped, open trench frog with bone button Lot 21 | Tarisio | March 2019 | £944est. £ 800-1,200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 650 | Vichy | June 2018 | £788est. € 750 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick Lot 749 | Vichy | June 2018 | £473est. € 500 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick Lot 934 | Vichy | June 2018 | £683est. € 800 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick stamped Peccatte, ebony frog with pearl eye Lot 1319 | Gardiner Houlgate | June 2018 | £1,176est. £ 600-800 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 8 | Tarisio | May 2018 | £870est. $ 1,500-2,200 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 15 | Tarisio | May 2018 | £2,175est. $ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 58 | Tarisio | May 2018 | £1,504est. $ 1,500-2,200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 530 | Vichy | March 2018 | £444est. € 400 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick, ebony frog with pearl eye engraved N. Barbier on the slide Lot 45 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2018 | £2,400est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick faintly stamped Poirson a Paris Lot 80 | Tarisio | March 2018 | £2,040est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, thin lapping Lot 630 | Vichy | November 2017 | £893est. € 800 |
| Viola Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick Lot 643 | Vichy | November 2017 | £1,004est. € 800 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick Lot 189 | Vichy | November 2017 | £634est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Illustrated in L'Archet, tome 2, p. 436, n. 7; silver mounted, round stick stamped Cuniot, tinsel lapping Lot 99 | Tarisio | October 2017 | £4,500est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, signed Tourte Lot 599 | Vichy | June 2017 | £418est. € 500 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 626 | Vichy | June 2017 | £365est. € 500 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, round amourette stick unstamped Lot 4 | Tarisio | March 2017 | £2,006est. £ 1,500-2,200 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted Lot 31 | Vichy | December 2016 | £2,640est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Violin Bow Lot 2017 | Vichy | June 2016 | £264est. € 300 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, abeille stick Lot 2177 | Vichy | June 2016 | £330est. € 150 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped, without tip or hair Lot 223 | Skinners | May 2016 | £843est. $ 1,200-1,500 |
| Small Violin Bow | 3/4 size violin bow, nickel mounted, minus hair Lot 2057 | Vichy | December 2015 | £84est. € 150 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick Lot 26 | Vichy | December 2015 | £1,022est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 445 | Vichy | December 2015 | £682est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 86 | Tarisio | August 2015 | £1,912est. $ 2,500-4,000 |
| Double Bass Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 643 | Vichy | June 2015 | £1,938est. € 750 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, thin lapping Lot 909 | Vichy | June 2015 | £484est. € 750 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, ivory frog Lot 149 | Vichy | June 2015 | £613est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 249 | Vichy | June 2015 | £526est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick in Brazilwood unstamped Lot 42 | Tarisio | June 2015 | £1,062est. £ 1,500-2,200 |
| Violin Bow | Made in collaboration with his son Eugène Cuniot-Hury, silver mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 116 | Tarisio | May 2015 | £1,524est. $ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, silk lapping Lot 57 | Rennes | March 2015 | £1,435est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, ivory frog, thin lapping Lot 146 | Vichy | December 2014 | £942est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 165 | Tarisio | December 2014 | £838est. $ 1,000-1,500 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 279 | Skinners | November 2014 | £1,708est. $ 2,500-3,500 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, frog and button by L. Morizot frères Lot 563 | Vichy | June 2014 | £630est. € 600 |
| Violin Bow | Made in collaboration with his son Eugène Cuniot-Hury, silver mounted Lot 953 | Vichy | June 2014 | £776est. € 800 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 279 | Vichy | June 2014 | £726est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, ivory frog Lot 545 | Vichy | December 2013 | £796est. € 800 |
| Cello Bow | Nickel mounted, thin lapping Lot 429 | Vichy | December 2013 | £1,294est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick stamped Vuillaume a Paris Lot 158 | Tarisio | October 2013 | £1,581est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped slightly shortened to 724 mm Lot 159 | Tarisio | October 2013 | £1,480est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin Bow | Round amourette stick, frog in the manner of JB. Vuillaume, full hair Lot 100 | Bonhams | October 2013 | £1,875est. £ 1,500-2,000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, abeille stick Lot 2247 | Vichy | June 2013 | £287est. € 100 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 126 | Vichy | June 2013 | £612est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick stamped Darte, button later Lot 122 | Tarisio | February 2013 | £709est. $ 600-900 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, abeille stick Lot 723 | Vichy | December 2012 | £390est. € 300 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, signed Vuillaume à Paris, minus hair Lot 853 | Vichy | December 2012 | £584est. € 600 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 985 | Vichy | December 2012 | £390est. € 500 |
| Double Bass Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick unstamped Lot 198 | Skinners | October 2012 | £559est. $ 400-600 |
| Double Bass Bow | Nickel mounted, abeille stick Lot 2197 | Vichy | June 2012 | £291est. € 80 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, amourette stick, silk lapping Lot 681 | Vichy | June 2012 | £244est. € 300 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 955 | Vichy | June 2012 | £487est. € 750 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted Lot 76 | Vichy | June 2012 | £776est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick, ebony frog with pearl eye, button with silver band and endcap Lot 79 | Sotheby's | March 2012 | £2,250est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 51.5 g. without hair or winding | — | December 2011 | £634 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 46.0 g. 1/2 size | — | November 2011 | £282 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. 1875 c. | — | October 2011 | £6,484 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 45.0 g. without hair or lapping | — | July 2011 | £551 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 53 g. without hair | — | June 2011 | £1,323 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 60.5 g. without hair, light winding | — | June 2011 | £443 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 45 g. without hair or winding | — | December 2010 | £1,243 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 52.5 g. Brazilwood, without hair or winding | — | December 2010 | £72 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 46.5 g. without hair, with silk winding | — | December 2010 | £311 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 53.5 g. without winding | — | December 2010 | £828 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 42 g. 3/4 size with fine hair, without winding | — | December 2010 | £259 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 45 g. without hair or winding | — | December 2010 | £290 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 51 g. without winding | — | June 2010 | £1,036 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 50.5 g. original winding | — | June 2010 | £1,243 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 48 g. without hair or winding | — | June 2010 | £1,036 |
| Violin Bow | --/-- 33 g. | — | June 2010 | £155 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 50 g. with hair and fine winding | — | June 2010 | £466 |
| Violin Bow | 75.5 cm Small size | — | April 2010 | £373 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 50.5 g. without hair or winding | — | December 2009 | £979 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 50 g. without hair or winding | — | December 2009 | £816 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 48.5 g. without hair or winding | — | December 2009 | £250 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 53.5 g. | — | December 2009 | £653 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 55.5 g. without winding | — | June 2009 | £363 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56.0 g. Probably by | — | March 2009 | £585 |
| Violin Bow | --/E 40 g. Child's size with tinsel wrap | — | March 2009 | £463 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 49 g. without hair nor winding (button missing ring) | — | December 2008 | £1,229 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 50 g. without hair or lapping, unsoldered ferrule | — | June 2008 | £836 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 56 g. without hair | — | June 2008 | £557 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 74 g. Amourette wood | — | June 2008 | £1,764 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 76 g. Amourette wood, without winding or heel | — | June 2007 | £321 |
| Violin Bow | N/I 57.5 g. | — | June 2007 | £401 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. 1875 c. Stick inlaid with pearl and ebony | — | May 2007 | £2,209 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 55.5 g. branded "Vissenaire" | — | June 2006 | £1,214 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 59 g. Probably by | — | May 2006 | £1,265 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 59.5 g. | — | December 2005 | £2,235 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 52.5 g. no hair (button not original) | — | June 2005 | £1,662 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 57.0 g. with leather lapping | — | October 2004 | £1,387 |
| Viola Bow | N/E 62.5 g. without wrapping | — | June 2004 | £118 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 47 g. | — | June 2003 | £416 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 48 g. | — | June 2003 | £496 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 80 g. | — | December 2001 | £1,229 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
CUNIOT, Pierre Born 1839, died 1884 Mirecourt France. Bowmaker. Possibly a pupil of F. Bazin. Established independently in 1873, produced mainly Bazin types, but some copies of Tourte and Lupot. Succeeded by his son Eugène. Dark brown sticks, generally round, branded: ‘CUNIOT’ [Millant/Raffin]
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