AN INTERESTING VIOLIN, possibly composite, circa 1800; the two-piece back of faint small curl, the ribs of broader figure, the scroll of plain wood, the table of medium to narrow grain, the varnish of a red-brown colour over a golden ground, the length of back 14 3/16in. (36cm.). In case with two nickel-mounted bows stamped W. A. Pfretzschner