John Dilworth
LOTT, George Frederick Born 1801, died 1869 London UK. Eldest son of John Frederick Lott (I), below. Worked for R. Davis in Coventry Street until 1844, subsequently establishing his own business at 15 Gerrard Street. Over the following years he moved regularly: to 23 Princes Street 1845, 16 Princes Street 1847, 65 Wardour Street 1848, 36 Princes Street 1853, Wardour Street 1855, and finally 3 Pitt Street, Tottenham Court Road in his last year, 1869. Work is mostly anonymous copies of Italian masters, made for the trade and rarely labelled by himself. Fine work but lacking the inspiration of that of his younger brother John. [BVMA]
George Hart
Son of [John Frederick Lott]. Many years with Davis of Coventry Street. Was an excellent judge of Italian instruments, and a clever imitator. LOTT, John Frederick, London, younger brother of the above, died about 1871. Was articled to Davis, Has made many clever imitations. He was also an ardent lover of Cremonese instruments, and thoroughly understood their characteristics. His career was both chequered and curious, sufficiently so indeed, to cause our eminent novelist, Charles Reade, to make it the subject of ”Jack of All Trades: a Matter-of-Fact Romance.” Jack Lott (as he was familiarly styled) therefore shares with Jacob Stainer the honour of having supplied subject-matter for writers of fiction. It must, however, be said that whilst Dr. Schuler’s ” Jacob Stainer ” is mainly pure fiction, “Jack of all Trades” is rightly entitled “a matter-of-fact romance.” I have many times heard John Lott relate the chief incidents so graphically described by Charles Reade. He was certainly a man of singular ability, and his talents were strangely varied.
Cecie Stainer
Eldest son of John Frederick Lott, sen. ; b. 1800, London ; d. there, 1868. He was an excellent workman and was for a long time employed by Davis of Coventry Street, London. He copied Italian instruments with great cleverness.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff
Ältester Sohn von John Fred. L. tüchtiger Kenner italienischer Geigen.
Versuchte auch, Geigen in ähnlicher Form wie Galbusera zu machen (Guitarreform),
ahmte aber für gewöhnlich die Italiener mit Erfolg nach. Da er viel
für Davis arbeitete tragen nur wenige Geigen seinen Namen.
