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Albert Edgar Phillips Hill (Phillips)

London, 1883–1981

Stepson of Arthur Frederick Hill, below. Apprenticed in Mirecourt and worked for Fiorini in Munich for two or three years c.1904. Purchased the business of W. E. Hill & Sons from Alfred Ebsworth Hill, below. — John Dilworth

Worked London
Made Cello

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£9,999

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Cello Lot 41SkinnersAugust 2026£9,999
Labelled Alberto Montana feci / in Via Marina / Prope Regnum 1972 Lot 84November 2015£5,315est. $ 8,000-12,000

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

HILL, Albert Edgar Phillips (PHILLIPS, Albert Edgar) Born 1883, died 1981 London UK. Stepson of Arthur Frederick Hill, below. Apprenticed in Mirecourt and worked for Fiorini in Munich for two or three years c.1904. Purchased the business of W. E. Hill & Sons from Alfred Ebsworth Hill, below. Adopted the Hill family name, which ensured the continuity of the business after the Second World War. Succeeded by his son Desmond D’Artrey Hill (Born 1916). One violin bearing the label: ‘sub disciplina Giuseppe Fiorini / Albert Hill / fecit München anno 1904 [BVMA]

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