Perry & Wilkinson

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1789–1838

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A partnership of Thomas Perry and his son-in-law William Wilkinson, entered into in 1789 following Wilkinson's apprenticeship with Perry (Rice). This partnership was known as 'Perry & Wilkinson'.

In the will of Thomas Perry (d. November 1818) Wilkinson was bequeathed 'all my stock in trade, musical instruments finished and unfinished, unwrought stuff and working implements' (Rice).

After Perry's death, William Wilkinson continued to use the name 'Perry & Wilkinson'.

Rice asserts that some Perry & Wilkinson violins sold after 1818 were made by Thomas Perry as his will indicates that at the time of his death 'there were in the workshop both finished and unfinished Thomas Perry violins'. However, Tighe notes that after Perry's death, 'there was a painful lowering of the standard'.

[Dates differ according to sources: Teahan gives the dates as 1818 to 1839 but Rice states that Wilkinson died in 1838. Hogan gives the dates as c. 1824.]

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Produced

  • Violin 'The Abbeydorney Perry': private collection. Label: 'Made by Thos. Perry and Wm. Wilkinson, Musical Instrument Makers, No. 4 Anglesea Street, Dublin' (Rice)
  • Cither viol/sultana (no. 1954), 1794: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Accession number 17.1725. Label: 'Made by / THOs. PERRY and Wm. WILKINSON / Musical Instrument Makers / No. 6, Angelsea Street / No. [handwritten: 1954] DUBLIN 17 [handwritten: 94]'. Stamp: No 1954 / PERRY / DUBLIN (on back)
  • Violin (no. 2505), 1800: National Museum of Ireland. Label: 'Made by Thomas Perry & William Wilkinson, Musical Instrument Makers, No. 4 Anglesea St., Dublin. No. 2505, 1800'
  • Sultana/Cithar-viol (no. 2638), 1801. Label: 'Thomas Perry & William Wilkinson, Musical Instrument Makers, No. 4 Anglesea Street, Dublin, No. 2403, 1810' (Rice)
  • Violin (no. 2403), 1810. Label: 'Thomas Perry & William Wilkinson, Musical Instrument Makers, No. 4 Anglesea Street, Dublin, No. 2403, 1810' (Rice)
  • Violin 'The Dublin Perry' (no. 4209), 1814. Label: 'Made by Thos. Perry and Wm. Wilkinson, Musical Instrument Makers, No. 4 Anglesea Street, Dublin' (Rice)
  • Violin 'The Boston Perry' (no. 4775), 1827. Label: 'Made by Thos. Perry and Wm. Wilkinson, Musical Instrument Makers, No. 4 Anglesea Street, Dublin' (Rice)
  • Basses: National Museum of Ireland (Hogan)
  • Violins: National Museum of Ireland (Hogan)
  • Violoncellos: National Museum of Ireland (Hogan)
  • Source(s): 

    Gogan, L.S., 'Musical Instrument Collections in the National Museum of Ireland', in Music in Ireland: a Symposium, ed. by Aloys Fleischmann (Cork: Cork University Press, 1952), pp. 299–307 (p. 303)

    Tighe, Joan, 'Thomas Perry of Anglesea Street, Dublin', Dublin Historical Record, 18.1 (December 1962), 24–31 (p. 28)

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

    Hogan, Ita Margaret, Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press, 1966), pp. 106, 108

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

    Woodcock, C., Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers: Price Guide Supplement 1971–72 (Brighton: Amati Publishing, 1972), p. x

    Woodcock, C., Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers: Price Guide Supplement 1973–74 (Brighton: Amati Publishing, 1974), p. xiii

    Rice, John Kenneth, 'The Life and Work of Thomas Perry' (unpublished doctoral thesis, St Patrick's College Maynooth, 1993)

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

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Perry, Thomas (1)', Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

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

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

    Last Update: 26-09-2013