AN ENGLISH VIOLIN by Walter H. Mayson labelled Walter H. Mayson...AD 1886; the two-piece back of medium curl, the ribs of fainter figure, the scroll of narrow curl, the table of open grain, the varnish of a dark gold colour, the length of back 14 3/16in. (36cm.) In case with three bows, one silver-mounted branded Pfretzschner