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Lot 265
Sale 5226 - British & European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Paintings
Oct 16, 2018
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,600
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Neapolitan bone, mother-of-pearl, and specimen wood inlaid spruce and Italian cypress mandolin attributed to the Vinaccia family, circa 1750-60
With tortoiseshell plectrum guard inset into spruce soundboard, and Italian cypress body; the neck veneered with bone, pernambuco, and ebony; the fingerboard veneered with bone and tortoiseshell and with brass and ebony frets; unlabeled, and sold together with fitted canvas case.
L: 22, W: 6 3/4, D: 5 in.