AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN VIOLIN by Pietro Guarneri labelled Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis fecit/Mantuæ sub tit. Sanctæ Teresiæ 1715; the two-piece back cut on the slab, the ribs similar, the scroll of fainter figure, the table of medium grain, the varnish of a golden orange colour, the length of back 14 1/16in. (35.7cm.)

The Property of TREVOR WILLIAMS, ESQ.

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AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN VIOLIN by Pietro Guarneri labelled Petrus Guarnerius Cremonensis fecit/Mantuæ sub tit. Sanctæ Teresiæ 1715; the two-piece back cut on the slab, the ribs similar, the scroll of fainter figure, the table of medium grain, the varnish of a golden orange colour, the length of back 14 1/16in. (35.7cm.)

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Sold with the certificate of W. E. Hill & Sons dated 1 October 1967 and the letter of W. E. Hill & Sons of the same date to a previous owner stating that An example which bears a considerable resemblance to yours was once owned by the late Fritz Kreisler.

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