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    David August (I) Hopf

    Klingenthal, Saxony, worked 1762–1786

    Typical work of the family. Large square brand: ‘HOPF’, Manuscript label: David August Hopf, Klingenthal in / Sachsen. Donnerstag den 1786 — John Dilworth

    Worked Klingenthal, Saxony
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    Biographies

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

    John Dilworth+

    HOPF, David August (I) Worked circa. 1762-1786 Klingenthal Germany. Typical work of the family. Large square brand: ‘HOPF’, Manuscript label: David August Hopf, Klingenthal in / Sachsen. Donnerstag den 1786

    Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

    Einer der charakteristischsten Vertreter seiner Familie. Seine Geigen zeigen
    das echte Hopfmodell. Im Innungsbuche werden seine Vornamen David Christian
    angegeben, erselbst schreibt sich jedoch David August.

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