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.