Cittern
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1760 - 1770
Materials
Ebony, Ivory, Metal, Wood
Measurements
295 mm (Width); 740 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335349
Summary
English Guitar, anon. London, Mid 18th century(?) Rose inlaid with ebony and ivory. Ten strings, lateral pegs. Metal frets. Sounding length 42.5cm. Original ivory capo tasto. Ivory strings holders and foot at end of body. 5 tuning pegs on each side of neck. End of neck curved forward with a black and white square on the end. In notebook no.4, page 4 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 11. English Guitar with pegs, inlaid star fret.' 'Bought in Ipswich, an English Guitar £2.10s.' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
bought in Ipswich, an English Guitar £2.10 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 4