Louis Morizot, c.1935

Louis Joseph Morizot (Morizot père, 1874-1957) began his as an apprentice in the shop of Cuniot-Hury in Mirecourt and later, joined the workshop of Charles Nicolas Bazin. Around 1914 he found employment with Eugene Sartory, an important influence on his technique and style. He established his own workshop in 1919 and in 1920, he began training his five sons as his apprentices.

This particular example is faintly stamped, and features a round stick of bois d'abielle (commonly referred to as bulletwood, massaranduba, or its literal translation of 'bee wood'). The frog is ebony fully mounted in nickel silver, with pearl eyes, pearl slide, and butterfly adjuster. A clean example of Mirecourt work by a French master, accompanied by a Raffin certificate. 140g