Como

3 makers. The earliest year printed is 1760, the latest 1904.

Every maker here has Como in a printed line.

1700s

• 1760 to 1789 Beretta, Felice
  Beretta, Felice. Worked at Como about 1760-85. Was a pupil of Giuseppe Guadagnini. His violins are inferior, he used bad wood and yellow …

1800s

• 1853 Pontiggio, Vittorio
  Pontiggio, Vittorio. — Como. 1853.

1900s

• 1904 Mariano, Davide Chirone
  Mariano, Davide Chirone. — Como. 1904

The books that name them

• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.