Fourteen course theorbo lute, Italy, late 19th century, with...

Hammer

£750

Fourteen course theorbo lute, Italy, late 19th century, with fifteen ebonised ribs, the capping strips ebonised, the table with inset pierced wooden rose, the neck overlaid with bone and ebony strips, the fingerboard with inset bone plaque inlaid with ebony scrollwork and two further mother of pearl plaques, the main reflex peg box with six double courses of strings, the secondary peg box with eight single courses, labelled Parmis Massaini Faciebat Romio anno domini 1520