Cello

Cello that belonged to the Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia (1885-1950), one of the first women to pursue a professional career playing cello. Suggia inherited this cello from her father, Augusto Suggia, who was a cellist at the Real Teatro de São Carlos and a teacher of the Conservatory of Music of Lisbon. In honor of his father, Suggia left this instrument in legacy to the National Conservatory of Lisbon, having later integrated the collection of the Museum.

The cello was built by one element of the well-known family of English instrument makers, Lockey Hill, most likely Henry Lockey Hill (1774-1835), which is infered from information on its label.