Miniature mandolin
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Tortoiseshell
Measurements
155 x 39 x 34 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 547054.2
Summary
Small tortoiseshell mandolin. Edges of body inlaid with irregular pieces of mother-of-pearl. Bordered by metal stringing. Rounded base of body divided by bands of metal stringing. Ivory pegs and fretboard and ivory disc on body. Wire strings. Inscribed - 25/- 880 50/ (label on back)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
25/- 880 50/. (label on back)