VIOLIN BY CLAUDE AUGUSTIN MIREMONT IN PARIS 1872

Violin by Claude Augustin MIREMONT made in Paris (France) in 1872.
Table of spruce of narrow grain opening out towards the flanks.
One-piece back of maple of slightly horizontal narrow curl.
Ribs and neck of similar wood.
Varnish of a red-brown colour on golden ground.

Label with signature : EXPOSITIONS UNIVERSELLES DE 1853-55-62-67
                                    QUATRE PREMIERS PRIX
                              C. A. MIREMONT, Breveté S.G.D.G.
                                  20 faubourg Poissonniére     (handwritten)
                                       PARIS  AN  1872

Length of the back : 359 mm