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Objekt 26

Mandolin

Object description

Antonio II (?) Vinaccia (workshop 1763–1798)

Naples, 18th c.

Al ... Genn[aril) fllius [...)naro Vlnaccia

[l]ecit N. In Rua Catalana (printed, paper, body inside,illegible) conifer, inlaid tortoiseshell (belly); maple (?) (shell, 27 ribs);.metal (strings) peg-box; eight pegs inserted in the back

14 frets (ten fingerboard, four belly, one missing); four double courses

L. 57 cm, 28 cm (belly), 33 cm (vibrating strings)

Bequest Maurice Bedot-Diodati, Geneva

Inv. 1927.279.

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