Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan, 1750, the 'Moulton'
Violin: 42405
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece slab-cut maple
Ribs: Quarter-cut
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 13.9 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.2 cm
Provenance
| until 1940 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1940 | Richard Moulton |
| in 1985 | Sold by Bongartz's |
References
Bongartz's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 18, 1985, Cologne, Bongartz's, Bongartz's, Cologne (illustrated)- Feine Streichinstrumente und Bögen, Geigenauktionen Bongartz, Aachen (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)