Bernardel handwriting.

[Garth E.]

I suppose I'll be researching for a while the handwriting on the bottom plate of my French violin. It was the handwriting that convinced me that what I had was authentic (identifying the violin was out of my range of experience). The Amati script is probably just an homage to A.A. So what I would be interested in is something written by Gustov or Ernest Bernardel. I do think one of the brothers, while working in the Bernardel's shop actually may have done some work on this violin. That's probably a difficult assumption to digest , however I just say "why not". I enjoy the search and  I again thank the many very respected experts here for their knowledge.