A French violin labelled H. Emile Blondelet...No 454 Année 1923 and branded H. Emile Blondelet on the inside back and on the bottom rib; the two-piece back of small curl, the ribs and scroll of broader figure, the table of medium grain, the varnish of an orange red colour over a golden ground, the length of back 146in. (35.7cm)