Italian Violin, Giovanni Battista Ceruti, Cremona, c. 1815

Description:

Italian Violin, Giovanni Battista Ceruti, Cremona, c. 1815, labeled Jo: Baptista Ceruti Cremonensis/fecit Cremona An. 1815, bearing the catalog number 6296, the lower ribs branded 17 15 21, length of back 342 mm, with case.
Estimate $20,000-30,000

Repaired top cracks including saddle, wings, next to sound post, at corners, shoulders, and to treble side of lower bout. Restoration to lower eye of bass f-hole. Repaired rib cracks. Repaired back cracks at lower block, button graft. Minor repairs to back of pegbox, possibly from worm damage.