Ferdinando Devenuti (fl Rome, late 19th & early 20th centuries) A Neapoltan mandolin Rome , circa 1910

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Ferdinando Devenuti
A Neapoltan mandolin
labelled Ferdinado Devenuti, Fabricante Instrumenti Armonici, Roma
Rome

the body of maple with numerous fluted ribs interleaved with ebony stringing, the table and the soundhole edged with various woods, the latter also with mother of pearl segments set in black mastic, and with a tortoiseshell scratch plate, the fingerboard extending over the soundhole, twenty-nine frets, the machine heads with rear-facing stained bone pegs

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