Pyne, George
George Pyne
b. 1852, d. 1921.
Wardour Street, London.
Violinist and self-taught maker. He worked for Edward Withers for 20 years in Wardour Street and is supposed to have made about 500 violins. Generally speaking his violins are on a narrow Amati form, and there is a speed in his work that give them a good sense of eighteenth century Italian work combined with an appropriate choice of materials. These violins can give the passing impression of being Voller type forgeries, and he certainly falls within the groups of makers for whom these characteristics apply. At times he would make more hasty violins, and some of his work has a resemblance of George Craske's work, as if made to directly compete with the stock of Craske's work that W.E. Hill & Sons were selling at the time, a characteristic that is shared with some of John Wilkinson's work of the same period. These cheaper works by Pyne often enough have imported ribs and/or scrolls.
Labels:
George Pyne / Maker, London / Anno 1918
George Pyne / Wardour Street / London
Market value: In 2019 a good example of George Pyne's work is valued in the region of £14,000. The more hasty Craske-type instruments at a lower value, around £8,000 at best in good condition and allowing for manufactured parts. Exceptional examples should merit more, but this is limited by his preponderance towards using the narrow Amati patterns.
Benjamin Hebbert
www.hebberts.com
References:
Bromptons Dictionary
b. 1852, d. 1921.
Wardour Street, London.
Violinist and self-taught maker. He worked for Edward Withers for 20 years in Wardour Street and is supposed to have made about 500 violins. Generally speaking his violins are on a narrow Amati form, and there is a speed in his work that give them a good sense of eighteenth century Italian work combined with an appropriate choice of materials. These violins can give the passing impression of being Voller type forgeries, and he certainly falls within the groups of makers for whom these characteristics apply. At times he would make more hasty violins, and some of his work has a resemblance of George Craske's work, as if made to directly compete with the stock of Craske's work that W.E. Hill & Sons were selling at the time, a characteristic that is shared with some of John Wilkinson's work of the same period. These cheaper works by Pyne often enough have imported ribs and/or scrolls.
Labels:
George Pyne / Maker, London / Anno 1918
George Pyne / Wardour Street / London
Market value: In 2019 a good example of George Pyne's work is valued in the region of £14,000. The more hasty Craske-type instruments at a lower value, around £8,000 at best in good condition and allowing for manufactured parts. Exceptional examples should merit more, but this is limited by his preponderance towards using the narrow Amati patterns.
Benjamin Hebbert
www.hebberts.com
References:
Bromptons Dictionary
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| Small violin (LOB 331mm) branded internally G.PYNE-LONDON (Courtesy of Bromptons Auctioneers) |
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| Labelled "George Pyne... London 1919" and branded internally "G.PINE. LONDON" |
