Born in Füssen in 1769, Bernard Simon Fendt studied with his uncle François in Paris and settled in London in 1798. There he worked for Thomas Dodd until 1809 and then for John Betts, making some of the finest English instruments of the period. This beautifully preserved cello is a representative example of his best work, based on a Stradivari model.

The cello is in excellent playing order and does not disappoint in terms of its sound and colours.