Object Description

Maker unknown Southern Italy, 19th c.Spruce (belly, rounded body, neck stained); ivory medallions (inlays, fingerboard); mull icolored semi-precious stones (inlays, peg-box); metal (strings); belly with fine multi-layered rosePeg-box; ten pegs inserted in the backNine frets (fingerboard); five double coursesL. 93,5 cm, 43 cm (belly), L. 56 cm (vibrating strings)Donation Hans Peter His, Basel Inv. 1948.169.