Lot number 2682 - Auction 160
ZWEI SAITENINSTUMENRTE: GITARRENLAUTE UND NEAPOLITANISCHE MUSCHELMANDOLINE

TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR-LUTE AND NEAPOLITAN BOWL-BACK MANDOLIN Germany/Italy, early 20th century. Each with a bowl-back body and spruce soundboard. Length approx. 65 cm and 61.5 cm. Lute featuring a multi-ribbed bowl-back body, a soundboard with a carved wooden rosette, a carved pegbox with floral decoration, and ribs with bone inlay. Mandolin made of dark-stained wood, featuring a decoratively bordered soundhole. Eight strings arranged in four double courses. Part. bumped, rubbed and damg. Provenance: Private collection, Hesse.