A good Italian violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Turin, 1828, labelled Joannes Franciscus Pressenda q Raphael, fecit Taurini anno Domini 1828, bearing the catalogue number 6723 internally and stamped at the end of the fingerboard F436, the one-piece back of medium to narrow curl, the ribs similar, the head plain, the table of fine grain at the centre opening out towards the flanks, the varnish of a rich red-brown colour over a golden ground, the length of back 13 15/16in (355mm), with double case (2)