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Sold with the certificates of Albert Caressa dated Paris 14 November 1936 and Fernand Billottet dated Paris 29 November 1936
Details
A French violin by Jacques Bocquay labelled Jacques Boquay/Rue D'Argenteuil/A Paris 1720; the two-piece back of medium curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of plainer wood, the table of narrow grain, the varnish of a red brown colour over a golden ground, the length of back 13.15/16in. (35.3cm), in case