One of the most prolific of the Markneukirchen violin workshops, the firm of Ernst Heinrich Roth produced an enormous number of consistently high-quality instruments in the 20th century. Roth, son of a violin maker, started his firm in 1902. The firm used at least 14 different models, many of which were faithful reproductions of classical Cremonese masterpieces, such as Stradivari and Guarneri. As the firm carefully explained in its promotional literature, every authentic Roth instrument bears a serial number and the brand "Ernst Heinrich Roth" to the inside back, in addition to a standardized label indicating the year of production and identifying the maker. Materials and craftsmanship are uniformly good, and the firm's literature maintained that Roth supervised and finished every instrument to leave the shop.

In addition to the brands that are easily viewable through the f-hole, this violin also bears the internal branded serial number "7665" near the top of the back.  This violin is in excellent, lightly used condition.