Cello bow by Bultitude, silver mounted
BRAND & MARKINGS:
A.R Bultitude
WEIGHT:
78.3g
MAKER:
Arthur Bultitude began his apprenticeship to the firm of W.E. Hill & Sons in 1922 at the tender age of 14. He became a student of William Retford and profited from Retford's immense knowledge of bow restoration techniques. Bultitude's Hill bows are marked with the numeral 6.
Bultitude left Hill and Sons’ to start his own workshop in Kent. Later bows were built to suit particular customers and his frogs display a variety of interesting motifs. Bultitude was awarded an MBE and retired in 1982
BRAND & MARKINGS:
A.R Bultitude
WEIGHT:
78.3g
MAKER:
Arthur Bultitude began his apprenticeship to the firm of W.E. Hill & Sons in 1922 at the tender age of 14. He became a student of William Retford and profited from Retford's immense knowledge of bow restoration techniques. Bultitude's Hill bows are marked with the numeral 6.
Bultitude left Hill and Sons’ to start his own workshop in Kent. Later bows were built to suit particular customers and his frogs display a variety of interesting motifs. Bultitude was awarded an MBE and retired in 1982
BRAND & MARKINGS:
A.R Bultitude
WEIGHT:
78.3g
MAKER:
Arthur Bultitude began his apprenticeship to the firm of W.E. Hill & Sons in 1922 at the tender age of 14. He became a student of William Retford and profited from Retford's immense knowledge of bow restoration techniques. Bultitude's Hill bows are marked with the numeral 6.
Bultitude left Hill and Sons’ to start his own workshop in Kent. Later bows were built to suit particular customers and his frogs display a variety of interesting motifs. Bultitude was awarded an MBE and retired in 1982