A fine French violin by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume labelled Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris/3, rue Demours-Ternes numbered 2939 twice on the inside back and labelled Obtained Direct From The Maker/By/Alexander Hay Anstruther/1873; the one-piece back of broad curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of medium grain, the varnish of an orange gold colour, the length of back 14in. (35.5cm)