OF LOCAL VIOLIN MAKING INTEREST A 20th century violin by Henry Stoneman the two-piece back of narrow flame and curl, the varnish of a light honey brown, bears label Henry Stoneman, Exeter, (No 10) Fecit, 1925 'Devonia', length of back 35.75cm contained in a fitted case. *Biography Born at Zeal Monachorum, Devon, 1856. Apprenticed to the joinery and cabinetmaking trade and worked for 20 years for an ecclesiastical building firm. He took up violin making and repairing. by 1925 he had produced twelve violins in total. He died in 1933.
OF LOCAL VIOLIN MAKING INTEREST A 20th century violin by Henry Stoneman the two-piece back of narrow flame and curl, the varnish of a light honey brown, bears label Henry Stoneman, Exeter, (No 10) Fecit, 1925 'Devonia', length of back 35.75cm contained in a fitted case. *Biography Born at Zeal Monachorum, Devon, 1856. Apprenticed to the joinery and cabinetmaking trade and worked for 20 years for an ecclesiastical building firm. He took up violin making and repairing. by 1925 he had produced twelve violins in total. He died in 1933.
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