Perry, James

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Dates Active in Dublin: 

1773–1788

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: bagpipes
Musical instrument maker: flute
Musical instrument maker: guitar
Musical instrument maker: violin
Musical instrument maker: viola
Musical instrument maker: violoncello
Address(es): 

6 Anglesea Street, 1773–80 [as apprentice to Thomas Perry]
4 Trinity Street, c. 1780–88

Details: 

Probably a cousin of Thomas Perry (Rice).

Apprenticed to Thomas Perry from 1773 to 1780 (Rice).

He became a protege of the Ormonde family and set up business in Kilkenny. He was active in Kilkenny in 1786, 1792 (Tighe) and 1799 (Rice).

Select Product/Work List: 

Produced

  • Violin (no. 1020), 1799. Label: 'Made by James Perry, Kilkenny, No. 1020=1799' (Rice)
  • Violin, 1417, 1810: private collection. Stamp: 'James Perry Kilkenny' (at base of neck). Label: 'Made by James Parry [sic] Kilkenny No. 1417 Ad|o1810' (inked purfling on belly)
    • See Also: 

    Perry, Thomas

    Source(s): 

    Tighe, Joan, 'Thomas Perry of Anglesea Street, Dublin', Dublin Historical Record, 18.1 (December 1962), 24–31 (p. 25)

    Teahan, John, 'A List of Irish Instrument Makers', The Galpin Society Journal, 16 (May 1963), 28–32 (p. 31)

    Rice, John Kenneth, 'The Life and Work of Thomas Perry' (unpublished doctoral thesis, St Patrick's College Maynooth, 1993), pp. 29, 33–34, 56, 134–36

    Lawrence, Thomas, ‘The History of the Guitar in Ireland 1760-1866’, 2 vols (unpublished doctoral thesis, University College Dublin, 1999), I, p. 27

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

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

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Perry, Thomas (2)’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 03-03-2017