4/4 cello probably made in France in the "vieux Paris" style in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bearing a handwritten apocryphal label of "Paul Bailly à Mirecourt 1889" which is very faded. Spruce top with irregular rings, thinner in the center and widening at the edges, with two repaired minor bills and three knot plugging flipots, two-piece maple back with light waves on mesh, ribs of the same wood matching the back, yellow-orange gilded varnish, headjoint ok, new pegs, bridge.