A French violin by Jacques Pierre Thibout labelled Thibout, Luthier du Roi, rue/Rameau, No 8, à Paris, 1840; the one-piece back of faint small curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of medium to open grain, the varnish of a red colour over a golden ground, the length of back 14 1/8in. (35.9cm)