Felice Mori Costa, Parma, 1800
Violin: 45459
Labeled, "Petrus Pallotta Perusinus fecit in Persiæ An 1788."
Back: One-piece cut on the slab of almost plain wood
Top: of medium grain
Scroll: probably later
Ribs: of pronounced narrow curl
Varnish: Red-brown on a golden ground
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Notes:
Listed as "by Pietro Pallotta."Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 31, 1995, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 31, 1995, London, London
References
Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, Boston (illustrated)- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, October 31, 1995, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)