Pierre Charles Jacquot

Son of Charles Jacquot; b. March 10, 1828, Nancy. Pupil of his father, to whose business in Nancy he succeeded in 1854. He was a clever maker and gained a great reputation by the instruments he sent to various exhibitions. Honours and awards : 1st prize, Metz, 1861 ; prize medal (for the good quality and moderate price of his instruments), London, 1862 ; bronze medal, Paris, 1867 ; great gold medal, Lyons, 1872 ; silver medal, Paris, 1878 ; diploma of honour, Bar-le-Duc, 1880, and at Algiers, 1881 ; silver medal (awarded to Jacquot and Sons for their instruments, of a beautiful pattern, varnish copied from that on old instruments, the equal quality of the tone being remarkable), Paris, 1889 ; he received the Cross of the Legion of Honour, July 14, 1892. He died 1900. Had two sons who worked with him; they exhibited instruments at Moscow in 1891 ; Vienna, 1892 ; and Chicago, 1894.