A fine English violin, unlabelled; the one-piece back of small curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of plainer wood, the table of narrow grain, the varnish of an orange red colour, the length of back 14.1/8in. (35.9cm)

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A fine English violin, unlabelled; the one-piece back of small curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of plainer wood, the table of narrow grain, the varnish of an orange red colour, the length of back 14.1/8in. (35.9cm)

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The fingerboard is numbered F8

Sold with the certificate and bill of sale of W. E. Hill & Sons dated London 28 August 1922 and 24 April 1922 respectively and the valuation of Geo. Heinl dated Toronto 8 December 1987 stating the instrument to be the work of Richard Duke

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