Morris?
There is no Famous maker that I am aware of names Morris other that a writer/amateur maker named Rev. William Meredith Morris and some other unknown Morris also in the late 19th century.
Yes it is a Cello Shaped Bass but the style was done by a few. If fact it is written by S.A. Forster that they made 5 or 6 Basses, Cello shape for the trade/rentals that were un-purfled and of the lowest grade the shop put out. Shops back them made 2 or 3 grades of instruments to satisfy demand and to compete with commercial German and French instruments flooding the London market.
The pictures you posted are not very good either in clarity or resolution. Better pics would be nice but Riley's opinion is of merit to be noticed.
Also, Elgar is a very limited source for makers and many of the pics are wrongly attributed. Some even to the wrong country of maker!
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