Charles Jacquot

Charles, Born 1804 Mirecourt, died 1880 Paris. Apprenticed to Nicholas ainé 1819. Later with Breton. Established independently in Nancy from 1823. Married the daughter of C. F. Vuillaume in 1852, and relinquished the shop in Nancy to his son Pierre Charles Jacquot, below. Moved to Paris in 1853, initially at 34 rue des Vieux-Augustins, and from 1857 at 48 rue de l’Echiquier, and shortly after at no. 42 in the same street. Work from the Nancy period is generally only of average Mirecourt quality, but in Paris he developed a more sophisticated style, making copies of classical Italian work in the Vuillaume style. Varnish in appropriate shades for the various models, but a little exaggerated in tint. Médailles d’Or et d’Argent / Charles Jacquot J+C / 42, Rue de l’Echiquier à Paris Médailles d’Or et d’Argent / C. Jacquot / Luthier/ 19 Rue de la Poissonnerie 19 / Nancy

Worked in Paris. He obtained prizes for his instruments at the Paris and other exhibitions.

b. 1804 at Mirecourt; d. March 29, 1880, at St. Maur-les-Fosses near Paris. Although his father was not a maker, but an army tailor, he was descended from a family of makers, who dated back to one Charles Jacquot, who lived in 1645. In 1819 he was apprenticed to Nicolas, sen., later to Breton, both of them makers in Mirecourt.
He went to Nancy, 1823, and worked there till 1827, when he started his own business there; in 1854 he transferred it to his son Pierre Charles, and went to Paris. There he started another workshop in rue des Vieux-Augustins, moving to 42, rue de l’Echiquier in 1857. His work is very good; the violins that he made in Paris are especially esteemed for their careful finish and regularity of form ; he was also learned on the subject of old instruments.
Awards at Exhibitions; bronze medal, Nancy, 1838; silver medal, Nancy, 1843; 1st and 2nd prize, Paris, 1849; 2nd class medal, London, 1851 ; silver medal. Paris, 1855 ; gold medal, Bayonne, 1864 ; bronze medal, Paris, 1867.

Sohn eines Militärschneiders , kam mit 15 Jahren zu Nicolas in die Lehre
und später zu Breton, 1823 ging er nach Nancy, wo er bis 1827 als Gehilfe
arbeitete und sich dann selbstständig machte. Er blieb hier bis 1852, in welchem
Jahre er nach Paris übersiedelte und zuerst in der Rue des Vieux-Augustins
und später in der Rue de l’Echiquier No. 42 wohnte. Einer der talentvollsten französischen Geigenmacher des 19. Jahrhunderts, der auf allen Ausstellungen,
die er beschickte, Preise erhielt. Er war auch ein Kenner alter Instrumente.