uguntde Report post Posted March 1 Can you help me to identify what this cello is. Scratched in purfling, blocked and lined. Rather nice scroll, too nice for a cheap German. It might be English. The f-holes and varnish might go with Forster school, certainly not the scroll. Lockey Hill scratched in purfling but is scrolls are quite different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClefLover Report post Posted March 1 Possibly Paul Didier... but the ffs look a little narrower and the corners are less pronounced on yours. Just a shot in the dark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jacobsaunders Report post Posted March 1 1 hour ago, uguntde said: Can you help me to identify what this cello is. Scratched in purfling, blocked and lined. Rather nice scroll, too nice for a cheap German. It might be English. The f-holes and varnish might go with Forster school, certainly not the scroll. Lockey Hill scratched in purfling but is scrolls are quite different. All sorts of English makers used painted on purfling. NB. There is a difference between „painted“ on, and „Scratched“ in purfling. I have one from Corsby, Northampton for instance, with painted purfling. The English celli can (my Corsby does) have an ink manuscript signature on the inside of the belly, you might like to look. Whatever it is I think the scroll is later, from a different style and epoch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClefLover Report post Posted March 1 My son just said, “dad, you’re an idiot. That looks like nothing like a Didier cello.” He’s right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Report post Posted March 2 8 hours ago, ClefLover said: My son just said, “dad, you’re an idiot. That looks like nothing like a Didier cello.” He’s right. It can't be French. But thanks anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ratcliffiddles Report post Posted March 2 Certainly English not far from Peter Wamsley or follower, with a new head. ffs not quite Wamsley, Are the ribs unusually high? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Report post Posted March 3 19 hours ago, Ratcliffiddles said: Certainly English not far from Peter Wamsley or follower, with a new head. ffs not quite Wamsley, Are the ribs unusually high? Thanks, I think you are really close. The scroll until 9, almost without chamfer, round button, even the f holes are not far away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ratcliffiddles Report post Posted March 3 I really don't think the scroll has anything to do with the cello. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
