A fine Italian viola by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza labelled Petrus Joannes Mantegatia fecit Me-/diolani in Via S. Margaritæ 1785 and numbered M35 on the inside back; the two-piece back of faint small curl, the ribs similar, the scroll of almost plain wood, the table of narrow grain opening towards the flanks, the varnish of a golden colour, the length of back 15.7/8in. (40.2cm), in case