Guitar, School of Stauffer, Austria, circa 1818, the one pie...

Hammer

£3,600

Guitar, School of Stauffer, Austria, circa 1818, the one piece back and ribs of maple, the table inlaid around the edge, the sound hole and the base of the fingerboard with multiple purfling and ebony and mother of pearl chequered inlay, the pin bridge flanked by floral moustaches, the shaped head with the enclosed machines and their pegs set to the left, labelled Réparé par Pillement, Md. Luthier, in original wooden case veneered with figured mahogany