Turin School
Adolfa Berretta
Turin, worked 1860–1880
Violinist and maker. Good work on personal model. Golden brown varnish on yellow ground. Branded: ‘A.B.H.T.’ Adolfa Berretta / Fecit Turin 1870 — John Dilworth
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BERRETTA, Adolf Worked circa. 1860-1880 Turin Italy. Violinist and maker. Good work on personal model. Golden brown varnish on yellow ground. Branded: ‘A.B.H.T.’ Adolfa Berretta / Fecit Turin 1870
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