Pietro Mercolini
Highest auction price
£11,270
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
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Violin | Unlabelled | Thu 1st February 2024 | £11,270 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MERCOLINI, Pietro Born 1821 Monteprandone, died 1891 Civitella, Teramo Italy. Known as ‘Venie’. Farmer and violin maker. Pupil of Francesco Maurizi. Labels give several different towns in the region as domicile: Colli del Tronto, S. Egidio alla Vibrata, Controguerra, and Civitella. Fairly coarse workmanship with greenish-brown varnish. Manuscript labels: Pietro Merconlini / fece in Ancarano Anno 1865 Pietro Mercolini / fece in Controguerra nel 1852
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