Jean Jacques Millant
Paris, 1928–1998
Bow maker. Son of Roger Millant, below. Apprenticed with Morizot Frères in Mirecourt, 1946-1948, returning to his father’s workshop in Paris. Established independently in 1951 at 3 rue de Constantinople, moving to rue du Mont-Dore and finally to 19 rue de Bucarest. — John Dilworth
Worked
Paris
Made
Cello Bow, Viola Bow, Violin Bow
Family
Son of Roger Millant
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
£13,201
98 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin Bow | Lot 83 | Bonhams | August 2026 | £1,875 |
| Viola Bow | Lot 153 | Brompton's | August 2026 | £8,269 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick faintly stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 25 | Tarisio | November 2025 | £11,968est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, ebony frog Lot 96 | Aguttes | June 2025 | £843est. € 500-1.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 101 | Tarisio | May 2025 | £10,103est. € 8.000-12.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant A Paris Lot 27 | Tarisio | January 2025 | £6,372est. £ 6,000-9,000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, signed E.A. Ouchard Paris Lot 193 | Vichy | November 2023 | £4,671est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, signed Lot 126 | Vichy | December 2022 | £10,176est. € 8.000-10.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick branded J.JACQUES MILLANT A PARIS, Millant model frog, silk lapping Lot 110 | Apollium | April 2022 | £4,113est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 93 | Tarisio | March 2022 | £5,503est. $ 4,000-6,000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, signed J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 379 | Vichy | December 2021 | £7,071est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Cello Bow | Silver mounted, signed J. Jacques Millant à Paris, silver lapping Lot 284 | Vichy | December 2021 | £4,222est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 24 | Tarisio | October 2021 | £9,642est. € 7.000-10.000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, minus hair, thin lapping Lot 47 | Vichy | June 2021 | £2,672est. € 3.500-4.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, signed, ebony frog, original gold lapping Lot 26 | Farrando | June 2021 | £6,932est. € 3.500-4.500 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, ivory frog, thin lapping Lot 347 | Vichy | December 2020 | £6,944est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 44 | Tarisio | November 2020 | £10,873est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J.Jacques Millant a Paris Lot 95 | Brompton’s | October 2020 | £5,520est. £ 2,000-4,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 131 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £8,400est. £ 7,000-10,000 |
| Violin Bow | Experimental bow, silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 130 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £5,310est. £ 6,000-9,000 |
| Cello Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 26 | Tarisio | March 2020 | £11,800est. £ 10,000-15,000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, signed Lot 933 | Vichy | June 2019 | £2,310est. € 500 |
| Violin Bow | Experimental model, signed, thin lapping Lot 126 | Vichy | June 2019 | £850est. € 1.500-1.800 |
| Violin Bow | Experimental model, gold mounted, signed, fish head Lot 176 | Vichy | June 2019 | £1,807est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, thin lapping, experimental head Lot 276 | Vichy | June 2019 | £1,913est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris, ebony frog with Paris eye, silver button Lot 104 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2019 | £5,400est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 124 | Tarisio | March 2019 | £7,250est. £ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 86 | Tarisio | February 2019 | £7,224est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, signed, gold lapping Lot 332 | Vichy | December 2018 | £5,879est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris, experimental frog design, original lapping Lot 143 | Tarisio | November 2018 | £9,134est. $ 10,000-15,000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris, ebony frog with Paris eye Lot 87 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2018 | £5,040est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, round stick faintly stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 121 | Tarisio | October 2018 | £11,800est. £ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted Lot 938 | Vichy | June 2018 | £3,363est. € 1.200 |
| Violin Bow | Experimental model, silver mounted, signed Lot 241 | Vichy | June 2018 | £3,996est. € 1.800-2.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped Jacques Millant a Paris, ebony frog Lot 153 | Brompton’s | June 2018 | £8,269est. £ 7,000-10,000 |
| Viola Bow | Bernard Millant collection, illustrated in L'Archet, tome II, p. 533, n. 12; gold mounted Lot 18 | Vichy | November 2017 | £8,976est. € 7.500-8.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, signed Lot 178 | Vichy | June 2017 | £6,264est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, signed, tortoiseshell frog Lot 235 | Vichy | June 2017 | £6,055est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Cello Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant a Paris Lot 15 | Tarisio | June 2017 | £8,260est. £ 4,000-6,000 |
| Cello Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris, also stamped Exposition, tortoiseshell frog Lot 31 | Tarisio | March 2017 | £10,620est. £ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin Bow | Experimental model, gold mounted, signed Lot 238 | Vichy | December 2016 | £13,201est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, signed Lot 293 | Vichy | December 2016 | £5,077est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, signed Lot 333 | Vichy | December 2016 | £4,062est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted Lot 147 | Vichy | June 2016 | £5,846est. € 3.000-4.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant a Paris Lot 12 | Tarisio | March 2016 | £7,200est. £ 5,000-8,000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, minus hair, thin lapping Lot 232 | Vichy | December 2015 | £4,089est. € 3.000-4.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick stamped Jean Jacques Millant a Paris Lot 74 | Tarisio | November 2015 | £3,300est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin Bow | Modeled after François Tourte, gold mounted, round stick, tortoiseshell frog, silk winding Lot 179 | Freeman's | November 2015 | £10,629est. $ 12,000-15,000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, signed, minus hair, thin lapping Lot 430 | Vichy | December 2014 | £3,861est. € 3.500-4.000 |
| Viola Bow | Silver mounted, signed, thin lapping Lot 494 | Vichy | December 2014 | £3,579est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, signed Lot 342 | Vichy | June 2014 | £3,290est. € 3.000-4.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 121 | Tarisio | May 2014 | £2,831est. $ 2,500-4,000 |
| Cello Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant a Paris Lot 167 | Brompton’s | March 2014 | £6,000est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin Bow | Experimental model, gold mounted, round stick branded, ivory frog Lot 20 | Rennes | February 2014 | £9,713est. € 11,000-12,000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, signed Lot 298 | Vichy | December 2013 | £4,181est. € 1.200-1.500 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, round stick stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 84 | Tarisio | October 2013 | £4,810est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, gold lapping Lot 82 | Vichy | June 2013 | £5,610est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, gold lapping Lot 145 | Vichy | June 2013 | £4,080est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted Lot 185 | Vichy | June 2013 | £4,896est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted Lot 83 | Bonhams | May 2013 | £1,875est. £ 1,500-2,000 |
| Violin Bow | Gold mounted, signed, tortoiseshell frog Lot 190 | Vichy | December 2012 | £7,317est. € 7.000-8.000 |
| Viola Bow | Gold mounted, ivory frog Lot 435 | Vichy | December 2012 | £7,805est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, stamped J. Jacques Millant à Paris Lot 162 | Tarisio | April 2012 | £4,449est. $ 6,000-9,000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, stamped J. Jacques Millant a Paris, experimental frog design, original lapping Lot 84 | Tarisio | March 2012 | £6,000est. £ 6,000-9,000 |
| Violin Bow | G/I 57 g. Paris, 1950 c. | — | January 2011 | £10,000 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 60.5 g. | — | January 2011 | £3,300 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 61.3 g. | — | January 2010 | £3,625 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 56.9 g. | — | January 2010 | £1,346 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 59.5 g. with silk winding | — | January 2009 | £2,611 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 64 g. decorated with geometric shapes | — | January 2009 | £2,220 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 59 g. Paris, 1970 c. "Peccatte" copy | — | January 2008 | £3,193 |
| Violin Bow | N/E | — | January 2008 | £1,680 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 59 g. also stamped "systeme brevete" , trapizoid shaped frog | — | January 2008 | £5,335 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 63.2 g. | — | January 2008 | £4,229 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 58.0 g. | — | January 2008 | £5,558 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. patented system' | — | January 2007 | £1,764 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57.5 g. without hair | — | January 2007 | £1,764 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 59.5 g. (frog & button not original) | — | January 2007 | £809 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 57 g. experimental model, without winding | — | January 2006 | £2,428 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 60 g. without winding | — | January 2006 | £5,261 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 56.5 g. without winding | — | January 2006 | £3,238 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 61 g. | — | January 2006 | £3,480 |
| Violin Bow | G/I 62 g. | — | January 2005 | £3,033 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 58 g. | — | January 2003 | £4,536 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 62 g. | — | January 2003 | £1,762 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 60 g. | — | January 2003 | £2,350 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 77 g. | — | January 2002 | £1,088 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 61 g. | — | January 2001 | £3,782 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 60 g. | — | January 2001 | £1,702 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 67 g. | — | January 2001 | £2,136 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 63 g. | — | January 2000 | £2,240 |
| Violin Bow | G/T | — | January 1999 | £4,768 |
| Viola Bow | G/E 70 g. | — | January 1998 | £3,450 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 63 g. | — | January 1995 | £1,495 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 62 g. | — | January 1993 | £2,415 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. | — | January 1993 | £1,725 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 1/4 Size | — | January 1992 | £352 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 59 g. | — | January 1987 | £1,320 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
MILLANT, Jean-Jacques Born 1928, died 1998 Paris France. Bow maker. Son of Roger Millant, below. Apprenticed with Morizot Frères in Mirecourt, 1946-1948, returning to his father’s workshop in Paris. Established independently in 1951 at 3 rue de Constantinople, moving to rue du Mont-Dore and finally to 19 rue de Bucarest. Recognised as ‘one of the best craftsmen in France’ in 1970, and certainly one of the leading French archetiers of the 20th century. Developed an innovative, if ultimately unsuccessful, design for a two-part frog. Fine work derived from the Peccatte model. Round sticks. Branded: J-JACQUES MILLANT A PARIS [Millant/Raffin]
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