Mandolin
Object type: Mandolin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Giuseppe Presbler
Artist bio: German, active Italy, 1760–1801 Milan
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German, active Italy
Date: 1796
Medium: Rosewood, spruce, walnut, bone, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions: L. 56.3 cm (22 3/16 in.); String L. 31.5 cm (12 3/8  in.); Max. W. 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Milan   Italy  
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Willcox, in memory of Jane Byrd Radcliffe Whitehead, 1989
Accession year: 1989