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Interesting Mandolin for Auction in Bath (United Kingdom) Lot Number 402
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"Seven-course bass Neapolitan mandolin by Luigi Cardillo, Naples, 1779, the body of thirty-six fluted maple ribs divided by ebony and bone purfling, the capping strip carved with strapwork, the table edging, sound hole surround, fingerboard and head facing inset with tortoiseshell inlaid with mother of pearl decoration and strapwork, the centre of the table with a large shaped tortoiseshell scratchplate inlaid with mother of pearl, the underside of the neck and head overlaid with tortoiseshell and mother of pearl bands, seven double courses of strings tuned from three rows of pegs
Labelled Luigi Cardillo fecit Anno 1779 Nella Rua Catalana Napoli
Overall length 36in, 91.5cm; string length 21⅞?in, 55.5cm
Estimate: 5000-7000"
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