MANDOLE BY STRIDENTE IN NAPOLI

Neapolitan mandole by STRIDENTE made in Napoli (Italia) c. 1900.

Table of spruce and soundhole edged by ebony and maple stringing.
Scratchplate in rosewood.
Bridge in ebony.
Fingerboard in rosewood with 22 brass frets and mother of pearl dots.
Back of 19 flamed maple ribs divided by ebony stringing, edged with rosewood.
Neck and head veneered of rosewood, brass machine heads with bone buttons.

Labelled :
                          STRIDENTE
                FABRICA DI MANDOLINI
                        Via Antonio 22
                            NAPOLI

Total length : 739 mm
Sounding length : 412 mm
Width of the table : 258 mm