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Mandolin case

Date1700-1800 ca.
Place MadeItaly, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneDescriptionFitted case, studded red leather; top opens ¾, brass clips
Decoration: star design on belly; green painted designs on ribbed back
ProvenanceLaurence Witten acquired from the Bisiach Collection, Venegono Superiore, Italy, 1968.
Purchased by the National Music Museum from Laurence Witten family, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. inside front cover.
Credit LineWitten-Rawlins Collection, 1984
Object number03486
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