A French violin by Charles J. B. Collin-Mézin labelled Ch. J. B. Collin-Mézin...1889 and numbered 3414 and signed on the inside back; the two-piece back of broad curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of open grain, the varnish of a golden colour, the length of back 14 1/16in. (35.7cm)