Mandolino

Mandolino with the back made from a gourd. Six double courses. Front one-piece, of wide grain; edged with a black inlaid line and bone strip which continues up edges of fingerboard. Inlaid disc ornament at tail. Inserted rose with foliate piercing based on a cross pattern; collar of mother-of-pearl inlays in black mastic. Lute-style tiebridge with slips of bone inlaid on edges. Back formed from a …