vintage bowl-back mandolin, also known as a "tater bug" mandolin due to its shape, which likely dates from the late 19th or early 20th century. Design: Features a rounded back made of ribs of wood, typical of Neapolitan-style mandolins. Condition: The image shows a heavily aged instrument with a cracked tortoiseshell pickguard, which is common for items of this era. Identification: Similar instruments were produced by various manufacturers such as Washburn and Oscar Schmidt during the early 1900s.
selling as pictured.
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