Mandolin, ca. 1770, Naples, Italy, Italian, Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, Label: 17.8 x 58.4cm (7 x 23in.), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Attributed to Vincentius Vinaccia (Italian, Naples active 1769–1795 Naples), Neapolitan style mandolin with eight strings in two double courses tuned to the same pitches as a violin: E, A, D, G. The bowlback is made from twenty-one narrow strips of wood with ebony spacers. The peghead and back of the neck are inlaid with tortoiseshell and accented with ebony and ivory inlay
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Mandolin, ca, 1770, Naples, Italy, Italian, Spruce, maple, tortoiseshell, mother, pearl, ivory, Label, 17.8 x 58.4cm, 7 23in, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Attributed to Vincentius Vinaccia, Naples active, 1769–1795, Neapolitan style, mandolin, eight strings, two double, courses, tuned, pitches, violin, E, D, G, bowlback, twenty, narrow strips, wood, ebony spacers, peghead, back, neck, inlaid, accented, ebony, ivory inlay
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