Edward (I) Dodd
Northumberland, 1705–1810
Bow maker, active in London from c.1770, already aged 65. Established at 11 Paradise Road, Lambeth; later at Salisbury Court off Fleet Street. Prolific worker, largely employed in supplying other shops and dealers in London with unbranded bows, so much of his output is uncredited. — John Dilworth
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| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin Bow | Ivory button, without hair, two small holes above the head Lot 2253 | Gardiner Houlgate | June 2021 | £3,660 |
| Violin Bow | Round stick stamped Dodd on the handle and on the frog, plain ivory frog, ivory button Lot 130 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2018 | £6,000est. £ 1,500-2,000 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 53 g. ferrule engraved | — | October 2011 | £1,500 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 84 g. | — | October 2011 | £1,150 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57.0 g. without hair (frog & button not original) | — | July 2011 | £1,175 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 79 g. | — | June 2011 | £2,280 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 72 g. (later button) | — | June 2011 | £4,560 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 77 g. 1800 c. sparce hair, cloth lapping | — | June 2011 | £1,320 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 74 g. sparce hair, no lapping | — | June 2011 | £1,320 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 75 g. 1800 c. | — | June 2011 | £9,000 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 81 g. Possibly by "Edward" | — | June 2011 | £2,160 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 75 g. 1780 c. sparce hair, no lapping | — | June 2011 | £1,080 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 72 g. London, 1780 c. no hair, no lapping | — | June 2011 | £1,200 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 83 g. | — | June 2011 | £1,200 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 51 g. | — | March 2011 | £1,200 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.5 g. (frog & button not original) | — | December 2010 | £912 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory Late 18th C. | — | October 2010 | £826 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 80.0 g. | — | October 2010 | £1,183 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 64 g. (frog & button later) | — | October 2010 | £920 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory Open trench | — | June 2010 | £1,560 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57 g. | — | June 2010 | £2,040 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 64 g. 1850 c. Attributed to | — | March 2010 | £960 |
| Bass Bow | Dragonetti' style | — | March 2010 | £3,360 |
| Cello Bow | S/I 82 g. stamped "Brown" | — | March 2010 | £4,600 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 47.5 g. (frog & button later) | — | February 2010 | £3,079 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 60 g. | — | June 2009 | £2,640 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 52 g. | — | March 2009 | £1,010 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 47 g. transitional style | — | October 2008 | £278 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 49 g. (frog and button possibly later) | — | October 2008 | £1,113 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 59 g. 1800 c. | — | June 2008 | £741 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 56 g. | — | June 2008 | £667 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 70 g. | — | May 2008 | £3,312 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 52 g. partial hair | — | May 2008 | £602 |
| Violin Bow | G/I 57 g. London, 1830 c. | — | March 2008 | £988 |
| Cello Bow | Attributed to | — | March 2008 | £840 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 62.5 g. England, 1800 c. | — | March 2008 | £1,375 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 54.5 g. London, 1790 c. | — | March 2008 | £6,000 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 55 g. London, 1800 c. | — | March 2008 | £2,125 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 59 g. London, For "John Betts" (without hair) Probably by | — | October 2007 | £1,000 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 48.5 g. stick stamped, "J. Dodd." & frog stamped, "Dodd." | — | February 2007 | £998 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 55 g. London, Late 18th C. 'Cramer' head, open frog | — | February 2007 | £2,160 |
| Cello Bow | 76.0 g. | — | May 2006 | £1,840 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57.0 g. (the bone button possibly not original) | — | May 2006 | £1,226 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61.0 g. (button later) | — | October 2005 | £2,293 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 58.5 g. Open trench & replacement frog | — | October 2005 | £1,179 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.5 g. | — | July 2005 | £1,509 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57 g. (later frog) | — | May 2005 | £936 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 71 g. | — | May 2005 | £646 |
| Violin Bow | 56 g. 1780 c. Baroque style | — | May 2005 | £2,099 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. Probably by "John Dodd" | — | December 2004 | £2,530 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 53 g. Pike head | — | November 2004 | £840 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 58 g. (later adjustor) | — | November 2004 | £720 |
| Violin Bow | Kramer style (frog and button possibly not original) | — | October 2004 | £1,750 |
| Viola Bow | S/I 71.0 g. Probably by | — | May 2004 | £1,287 |
| Viola Bow | Ebony 74 g. Attributed to | — | March 2004 | £2,629 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 55.0 g. | — | February 2004 | £611 |
| Violin Bow | I/I 61 g. | — | November 2002 | £1,912 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. | — | February 2002 | £800 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 73 g. | — | March 2001 | £470 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 63 g. | — | November 2000 | £575 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 89 g. | — | June 1999 | £1,800 |
| Violin Bow | I/I 55 g. | — | June 1999 | £483 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 90 g. | — | November 1998 | £4,025 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 58 g. Open Frog | — | November 1998 | £4,600 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 58 g. Open Frog | — | June 1998 | £1,035 |
| Cello Bow | G/T 88 g. | — | March 1998 | £5,290 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 88 g. | — | March 1998 | £4,761 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 73 g. Open Frog | — | March 1996 | £1,035 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 55 g. Open Frog | — | March 1996 | £1,265 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 55 g. | — | November 1994 | £3,220 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 53 g. | — | November 1994 | £805 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 94 g. | — | March 1994 | £1,955 |
| Cello Bow | Ebony 78 g. Open Frog | — | March 1994 | £575 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 62 g. | — | March 1994 | £2,070 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 58 g. Open Frog | — | March 1994 | £1,610 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 80 g. | — | October 1993 | £2,185 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 54 g. | — | October 1993 | £1,265 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 52 g. Open frog | — | July 1993 | £2,760 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 75 g. Open Frog | — | April 1993 | £828 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. | — | March 1993 | £862 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | — | March 1993 | £747 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 86 g. | — | March 1992 | £1,540 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 52 g. Open Frog | — | November 1991 | £1,320 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 55 g. Open Frog | — | July 1991 | £715 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 62 g. | — | March 1991 | £1,320 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 66 g. Open Frog | — | November 1990 | £1,320 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 53 g. | — | November 1990 | £660 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 65 g. Open Frog | — | June 1990 | £1,650 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 54 g. Open Frog | — | June 1990 | £715 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 67 g. | — | June 1990 | £1,650 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 68 g. Open Frog | — | March 1990 | £1,540 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 70 g. | — | June 1989 | £1,760 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 67 g. | — | March 1988 | £770 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 55 g. Open Frog | — | September 1987 | £825 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 59 g. Open Frog | — | June 1987 | £550 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 56 g. Open Frog | — | May 1986 | £1,045 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 54 g. Open Frog | — | May 1986 | £638 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 54 g. Open Frog | — | March 1986 | £594 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 58 g. Open Frog | — | December 1985 | £715 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 55 g. Open Frog | — | June 1985 | £792 |
| Violin Bow | Ivry 47 g. | — | November 1984 | £880 |
| Viola Bow | Ivry 65 g. | — | November 1984 | £1,540 |
| Cello Bow | Ivry 68 g. | — | November 1984 | £1,430 |
| Cello Bow | Ebny 82 g. | — | January 1984 | £782 |
| Violin Bow | Ivry 51 g. | — | June 1983 | £500 |
| Violin Bow | Ivry 53 g. | — | June 1983 | £571 |
| Viola Bow | Ivry 64 g. | — | June 1983 | £393 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 74 g. | — | November 1981 | £884 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
DODD, EDWARD (I) Born 1705 Northumberland , died 1810 Lambeth, London UK. Bow maker, active in London from c.1770, already aged 65. Established at 11 Paradise Road, Lambeth; later at Salisbury Court off Fleet Street. Prolific worker, largely employed in supplying other shops and dealers in London with unbranded bows, so much of his output is uncredited.
William Meredith Morris+
He died in London at the extreme old age of 105. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, and was buried in St. Bride’s Churchyard. He made much improvement upon the form of bows in use in this country before his time.
Cecie Stainer+
b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride’s Church.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er war gelernter Geigenmacher und verlegte sich, als einer der Ersten in
England, frühzeitig auf das Bogenmachen, worin er es zu bemerkenswerther
Geschicklichkeit brachte. Er ist der Begründer der berühmten Bogenmacherfamilie
und starb im Alter von 105 Jahren.
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