ANY INFO ON HAND PAINTED(?) VINTAGE/ANTIQUE MANDOLIN?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by journeymagazine, Aug 26, 2019.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Found this thrift hunting - looks hand painted but it also looks like the artist painted the label so I can't tell anything about it (looks like Jess? painted on label).
    Can anyone tell me anything about this piece?
    Thanks!

    MUSIC GUITAR MANDOLIN 1AAZZ.JPG MUSIC GUITAR MANDOLIN 2AAZZ.JPG MUSIC GUITAR MANDOLIN 3AAZZ.JPG MUSIC GUITAR MANDOLIN 4AAAZZ.JPG MUSIC GUITAR MANDOLIN 7AAZZ.JPG MUSIC GUITAR MANDOLIN 5AAZZ.JPG
     
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    The costumes look Sardinian (Italy) to me, so i'd say a handpainted Sardinian mandolin.:)
     
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  3. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    I'd agree; and add that most likely it is more wall-art than a good-sounding playable mandolin. The tuners might help judge age, but there's a lot of glare in that photo. The tuners might well have been replaced, as they look to be fairly new, 1980s-1990s or newer, and the artwork and general style of the mandolin is earlier, 1950-60, perhaps. If someone bothered to replace the tuners, it might imply that it was playable at that time, though the action might have deteriorated since.
     
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  4. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I'll try to take a better photo - but ones that sold on ebay were in the $20 - $25 range anyway.
    thanks guys
     
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