Carlo Giuseppe Testore, Milan, 1703
Violin: 45248
Bearing its original label, and branded on the button.
Back: One-piece cut on the slab
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 10.6 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
Provenance
until 1894 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1894 | A. J. Newton |
until 1954 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
from 1954 | William Moennig & Son |
in 2004 | Current owner |
Known players
Elizabeth Field
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1954)
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References
The Strad 1998 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
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Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Philip J. Kass, The Queens College Press, Flushing, NY (illustrated)