A VERY FINE ITALIAN VIOLIN, from the workshops of Giuseppe Rocca labelled J. Rocca fecit...Taurini anno Domini 1856 and branded on the inside back, the blocks and inside the pegbox; the one-piece back of handsome medium figure, the ribs similar, the scroll of fainter figure, the table of medium to open grain, the varnish of a golden orange colour, the length of back 14 1/8in. (35.8cm.)