Joseph ROOK
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£935
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 1830 c. | Sun 1st August 1993 | £462 |
| Violin | 1850 c. | Sun 1st September 1991 | £935 |
| Violin | 1807-52 | Sat 1st November 1986 | £176 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
ROOK, Joseph Born 1777 Caldbeck, died 1852 Carlisle UK. Pupil of Joseph Scott. Employed by him as a farm labourer and instrument maker at his farm Haltcliff, Eskett, near Caldbeck 1795-1800. Became chorister at Carlisle Cathedral in 1800 and choir master from 1807. Contributed to Sandys & Forster History of the Violin’ (London, 1864) in which he states ‘I have made 12 tenors and 5 violoncellos; no double basses. I marked my name with a small stamp ‘J.Rook/ Carlisle’. I generally wrote my name in the inside of the bellies with a black lead pencil’. Forster however mentions violins made by him. Cello cited in Hill Archive: ‘work and style fair but amateurish. Materials good. Crude outline; prominent rounded edges; blunt corners and exaggerated Stainer ‘f’s, placed too high. Varnish light golden brown.’ Small 28 ½” (72.4cm) cello model. Inscribed internally: J.Rook / Carlisle 1816 [Hill Archive, Sandys & Forster, BVMA]
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