Bidspirit auction | A Late 19th Century Maidstone

A Late 19th Century Maidstone Violin Outfit with Bow and Case - This auction lot comprises a violin outfit including the instrument, a bow, and a case. The violin, likely of full size, is constructed with a two-piece maple back showing a light figure and a spruce top with a medium grain. The instrument is fitted with an ebony fingerboard and ebony tuning pegs. Visible through the f-hole is an internal oval paper label bearing the characters STON at the top, TION ED along the right-hand edge, and LONDON at the bottom, identifying the instrument as The Maidstone, a model marketed by Murdoch, Murdoch & Co. of London during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.