Good English violin by and labelled Made by A.C. Lancaster, ...

Hammer

£800

Good English violin by and labelled Made by A.C. Lancaster, 10, Middle Street, Colne, 1898; also branded A.C. Lancaster below the button, the two piece back of faint medium/broad curl with similar wood to the sides and head, the table of a fine/medium width grain and the varnish of a light reddish-brown colour on a golden ground, 13 15/16", 35.40cm, bow
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** This violin maker famously made a violin to commemorate the Titanic catastrophe of 1912. On the back of this instrument, painted in oils, is a portrait of Wallace Hartley (violinist conductor of the Titanic band) and another painting depicting the Titanic. This fact is also recorded in William Henley - Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers. The instrument is also sold with a copy of an illustrated article written by Fiona Sinclair of The Lancashire Sinfonietta about the aforementioned Titanic violin, which was donated to the Burnley Music Centre in 1974
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** This instrument is also sold with a full service receipt detailing work undertaken on the violin by Chamberlain Music dated 20th June 2017