Charles Nicolas Bazin was a bow maker whose work is documented through multiple surviving examples in auction catalogs. His bows are characterized by round sticks with ebony frogs featuring pearl eyes and adjusters mounted with two silver bands, stamped with his name on the handle [1][2][4]. The consistent construction details across multiple examples—ranging from violin to viola to cello bows—indicate a systematic workshop practice. At least one violin bow bears an inscription crediting the instrument to Joseph Szigeti, dated March 11, 1925, suggesting Bazin's bows were in use by professional musicians during the early twentieth century [1]. One documented bow bears the stamp "Collin-Mezin. Paris," which may indicate a connection to or attribution by that Paris-based workshop, though the relationship remains unclear from the available sources [3].
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