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Lot 146
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Ermelinda Silvestri) a Neapolitan mandolin Rome, circa 1900

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ermelinda Silvestri
  • a Neapolitan mandolin
  • labelled Ermelinda Silvestri, Fabbrica di Strumenti a Corda, Roma and with a dealier's stamp on the table L. Jacob, Kgl. Hofl., Suttgart
  • Rome
The body of rosewood with numerous fluted ribs interleaved iwth metal stringing, the table with decorative key-pattern edging in mother of pearl and and various woods with a tortoiseshell scratch plate inlaid with two cherubs playing lutes in mother of pearl, the neck and head overlaid iwth tortoiseshell, the fingerboard extending over the soundhole overlaid iwth mother of pearl, twenty-two frets, the machines enclosed within an engraved brass plate set on the upper face of the head.

Catalogue Note

in leather bag