labelled Nicolaus Gagliano Filius Alexandri fecit Neap. 1779 and bearing the Hill number V63 on the fingerboard
length of back 14in., 35.6cm.

Sold with an email citation from W.E. Hill & Sons, London, dated 27^th October 2023, stating that the instrument was cut down from a viola, and giving the history since 1906. The violin was sold by Hills in 1906, 1953 and 1959.