A French violin by Charles J. B. Collin-Mézin labelled Ch. J. B. Collin-Mézin...1903 and signed on the inside back; the two-piece back of broad curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of medium grain, the varnish of a golden brown colour, the length of back 14 1/8in. (35.8cm), with two bows, one ¾ size