Mandolin by VINACCIA Joannes, Naples 1770

Mandolin by Joannes VINACCIA, Naples (Italie) 1770.
Spruce table with mother of pearl inlaid, tortoiseshell scratchplate, edged with mother of pearl and mastic.
Body of twenty one cypress fluted ribs.
Four double courses of string, eight boxwood pegs.
Labelled:

Joannes Vinaccio Filius Januarii fecit
Neapoli alla Strada della Rua Catalana
A.D. 1770

Length: 574 mm