A GOOD ITALIAN VIOLIN attributed to Annibale Fagnola labelled Hannibal Fagnola fecit/Taurini anno Domini 1901 and signed on the inside upper rib; the one-piece back of handsome small curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of plainer wood, the table of narrow to medium grain, the varnish of a red colour over a golden ground, the length of back 14 1/8in. (35.8cm.)