He was also an active dealer of fine old instruments dealing with Luigi Tarisio and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume among others.
Left the family home in 1826, and records show that by 1830 was registered as a violin maker, although few instruments from before 1840 survive.
At a time when best European makers were imitating Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu, Enrico followed a different path.
"Ceruti Dynasty carried on the tradition from the times of Storioni and Bergonzi's - and became the direct link to the 20th century makers.
Gaetano Antoniazzi (who learned his craft in the Ceruti workshop), along with his sons Riccardo and Romeo trained Leandro Bisiach, and together with the Antoniazzis, Bisiach influenced the creation of a workshop environment that was to dominate early to middle 20th Century Italian violinmaking.