Cello labelled Lockey Hill, Islington, 1790

A cello with a label which says "Lockey Hill MAKER Islington 1790". I bought it in 2004. I had some work done on it by Colin Irving in the same year. It was valued in 2014 by J P Guivier for insurance purposes at £60,000. Guivier considered it to be by Lockey Hill and to be "in a good state of preservation". I had it set up by Andreas Hudelmayer in 2022. Everyone that has looked at it in my time of ownership has considered it to be by Lockey Hill. The person I bought it from had purchased it from C D Vlummens in 1954. I have the receipt. Interestingly he described it on the receipt as "by Lockey Hill about 1825, is a fine specimen of the makers work". I dont know why he said 1825. Rod Ward saw it in 1982 and wrote 'In my opinion:- this cello is by Lockey Hill, and bears its original label dated Islington 1790. LOB 29"'. I have his written assessment. There is a Hill number on the fingerboard so it must have been in the Hill workshop at some point in its life.

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