Re: New member, old mandolins, easy one first.
The mandore is a small lute, considered the ancestor of the mandolin; Wikipedia article. I can't find a link between "mandore" and a Boston music store, but Google's not omniscient.
Other than that, your ID seems right on. Most of the reverse scroll mandolins were apparently sold under Regal's own name, but Lyon & Healy did also distribute some. Manufacture date is usually listed non-specifically as "1920's," "1930's," or "1920-30's." Don't know if anyone can assign a firm date to any of 'em.
Regal built quite extensively for other manufacturers; they built a large share of the wooden instrument bodies for Dobro and National, for example. So some of the instruments sold under the "Regal" label had parts from other companies, and some of the other companies' instruments had Regal components.
I really like Regal instruments, and currently own a Regal taropatch ukulele, a Regal koa tiple, and a Regal flathead tenor banjo shell fitted with a five-string "Pete Seeger" long neck. Good, solid inexpensive construction, as a rule.
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