Giovanni De Santis & Figli (fl Rome, 19th century) A Neapolitan Mandolin Rome , circa 1900

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Giovanni De Santis & Figli
A Neapolitan Mandolin
labelled Cav. Gnni. De Santis e Figli, Via del Quirinale 52, Roma and stamped with the serial No. 605 on the neck block
Rome

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

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