The instrument with typed interior label, "Fritz Bauer / Geigenbaumeister / Stuttgart Anno 1936," (Bauer, b.1906, would have made this during the period of Nazi persecution of Jews): figured maple sides and back, spruce top, maple and ebony neck and scroll, with warm patina and glossy varnish, 23 in. L. overall, the body 14 1/8 in. L., 8 in. W., 2 1/8 in. D. With a bow marked Roth-Glasser on the frog, 29 1/4 in. L., and a rectangular fitted hard case with cloth covering and metal reinforcements.