Neapolitan mandoline by Fratelli CALACE made in Napoli (Italy) in 1898.
Table of spruce and soundhole edged by black and white, and rosewood stringing.
Rosewood scratchplate.
Ebony bridge.
Rosewood touchpiece, 17 frets, mother of pearl dots.
Back of 17 maple ribs divided by ebony stringing.
Neck and head veneered of rosewood.
Brass machine head with bone buttons.
First label :
Flli CALACE
NAPOLI
(Italia)
Via Quercia 5 e 6
N° 18936
Second label :
FRATRES CALACE - NEAPOLI
FECERUNT
1898
(signed Flli Calace)
Third label :
MANDOLINES - MUSIQUE
FERNAND SALA
7 e, RUE BEAUVAU, 7 e, MARSEILLE
8, Rue du Jeune Anacharsis, 8
Total length : 620 mm.
Width of the body : 250 mm.
The famous workshop FRATELLI CALACE has been founded in1876 by Nicola CALACE (Napoli 1859 - USA 1924) and Raffaele CALACE (Napoli 1863 - Naploi 1934) , Antonio CALACE 's sons
