Neapolitan Mandolin light bowl player late 1800s

Neapolitan mandolin dating from the late 1800s as far as we can tell. This mandolin plays alright, although it would need some new strings if you wanted it to play seriously.

It has a light coloured bowl and with a spruce top is a bit speckled. The action is good with minimal signs of tension issues.

This would make a good restoration project since most of the work would be cosmetic.

Please check photos for detail and ask if not sure.

Technical details

• Top: Spruce
• Back: 21 ribs
• Neck: Maybe Beech/Rosewood veneer
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Width at nut: 28.5mm
• Radius: Flat
• Frets: 17 frets
• End to end: 66cm
• Scale length: 330mm
• Profile: Neapolitan
• Country of manufacture: Italy
• Year: Late 1800s
• Finish: Natural
• Decorations: White mother-of-pearl fingerboard dots / Rosette marquetry / wood inlay / layered perlings
• All strings present

Needs a re-string to play again or for display / ornamental / prop purposes as is.