Cross, Nathaniel

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1729

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: violin
Address(es): 

At the Flying Horse on Temple Bar and at his lodgings at Mr Kerkpatrick's [DOUBLE CHECK THIS WORDING], Watchmaker, next door to the three Tons and Crown in Dame Street

Details: 

Based in London from 1700 to 1751 (Henley): sales visit to Dublin in July 1729 (Boydell, Calendar).

Mark: 'Nathaniel Cross, maker / the George Inn, Aldersgate Street / London 1731', 'Nathaniel Cross / Stanero, fecit / No 2417' and 'Nath Cross in pickdily near St James Church London' (Henley).

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Produced and Sold

  • A 'choice of Musical Instruments, as Base Violins and Violins, etc. Flutes, of all sorts, 4 Valuable Cremone Violins, one above 100 Years old, and wonderfully preserved: Likewise Music Books, and the best of Strings' (Boydell, Calendar)
    • Source(s): 

    Henley, William and Cyril Woodcock, Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers: Price Guide and Appendix, VII (Brighton: Amati Publishing, 1969), p. 63

    Woodcock, C., Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers: Price Guide Supplement 1969–70 (Brighton: Amati Publishing, 1970), p. iv

    Henley, William, Universal Dictionary of Violins and Bow Makers (Brighton: Amati, 1973), p. 267

    Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), p. 260

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Cross, Nathaniel’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 26-09-2013