Neapolitan mandolin, by Pasquale Vinaccia e Figli, Naples, 1...

Hammer

£600

Neapolitan mandolin, by Pasquale Vinaccia e Figli, Naples, 1891, the back of twenty-seven rosewood ribs, the capping strip edged with kingwood, the two-part top, made of Sitka spruce with a very fine grain, the pickguard of tortoiseshell on gold leaf and oval sound hole edged with mother of pearl inlay in red shellac, the four metal choirs run over the ivory saddle of the ebony bridge, over the bend of the top, the lateral tuning pegs are made of ivory, labelled Pasquale Vinaccia e Figli fabbricanti di strumentiarmonici Di S.M. La Regina d'Italia Rue Catalana N. 53 Napoli Anno 1891, in modern case