Labeled:

Gustav August Ficker
Markneukirchen Anno 30.
Germany
Copy of J. Guarnerius
Made Especially
For William Lewis & Son, Chicago, Ill

Branded:

G.A.F.
1774

Back Length: 355mm
Upper Bout: 165mm
Center Bout: 111mm
Lower Bout: 204mm

The back is of two pieces of maple cut on the quarter of medium flaming extending downward from the center seam. The top is of two pieces of narrow grain. The varnish is red-orange over a golden ground.