Violins and Violin Makers. Biographical Dictionary

COLE, THOMAS

Cole, Thomas: translation

, London. Forster says no instrument has been preserved of this maker, but that is a mistake. There is in the neighborhood of Sheffield, a very large Tenor with a fine deep tone and the following curious label.
Made 1690, by
THOMAS COLE of
London, on Holborn Hill, who selleth
all sorts of Musical Instruments.