ANTIQUE 16" FULL SIZE ADULT ANDREAS MORELLI VIOLA IN CASE SIGNED ITALIAN GERMANY

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OFFERED FOR SALE IS AN ANTIQUE 16" FULL SIZE ADULT ANDREAS MORELLI VIOLA IN CASE.  THE VIOLA IS SIGNED INSIDE "ANDREAS MORELLI".  IT LOOKS LIKE THE NAME IS EITHER WRITTEN OR BRANDED ON THE WOOD (SEE PICS).  THE ITEM IS MADE OF WOOD.  I AM NOT SURE WHAT TYPE OF WOOD.  THIS IS AN OLD INSTRUMENT.  I DID NOT TRY TO PLAY THE ITEM, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PLAY.
OVERALL, THE ITEM IS IN AVERAGE CONDITION.  THERE IS SOME PATINA LOSS ON THE WOOD.  ALSO, THERE APPEARS TO BE A SURFACE CRACK ON THE WOOD, FRONT BODY ON THE RIGHT (SEE PICS). THE CRACK DOES NOT APPERA TO BE DEEP OR MAJOR.  THE CASE ITSELF IS IN OK SHAPE AND GETS THE JOB DOEN.  I DO NOT HAVE THE KEY TO THE CASE.  ALSO INCLUDED IS THE CLOTH BAG (NOT PICTURED).  I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE INSTRUMENT IS MADE, MAYBE GERMANY?
ESTIMATED AGE IS 1920'S.  VIOLA MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 26.5 INCHES LONG (TOTAL LENGTH). THE VIOLA BODY MEASURES APPROXMATELY 16 INCHES LONG IN LENGTH BY 1.6 INCHES THICK.  ITEM WITH CASE WEIGHS ABOUT 7 POUNDS.  A RARE FIND.  ITEM SOLD "AS IS."  ALL SALES FINAL.  OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE.
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER CURRENT EBAY AUCTION FOR THE BOW ACQUIRED WITH THIS ITEM.  BOW IS MARKED "GERMANY" AND IS SIGNED.