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Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Otto

Highest auction price

£1,618

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1856 Sat 1st May 1999 £1,618
Violin 1866 Fri 1st March 1996 £1,438
Biographies

John Dilworth

Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Born 1808 Jena Germany, died 1884 Stockholm Sweden. Son and pupil of Jacob August Otto, below. Also trained with his eldest brother George August, below. Worked for Engleder in Munich and Widhalm in Nuremberg. Established in Gothenburg, and from 1835 in Stockholm. Worked briefly in Russia and Poland c.1860, but returned to Stockholm. Appointed luthier to the court there. Made a considerable quantity of cellos. Work in the style of his father. C. W. F. Otto, Gothoburgi / Faciebat Anno 18.. C. W. F. Otto / Saiten-instrumentenmacher / Stockholm Verfertigt von / C. W. F. Otto / Stockholm anno 1857

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