FRANCESCO RUGGIERI
A VIOLIN, CREMONA, 1694
Labelled Francesco Rogeri detto il Per/in Cremona 1694, and bearing the catalogue number E 130 stamped at the end of the fingerboard, length of back 13½ in (343 mm) with case (2)
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Certificate: William E. Hill and Sons, London, May 2, 1939, with an accompanying letter from Alfred Hill, dated May 2, 1939, recounting his discovery and purchase of the violin in Milan in the year 1901.