AN ITALIAN DULCIMER, MID 18TH CENTURY; THE BODY AND CASE OF CANTED RECTANGULAR FORM, THE FOUR SIDES OF THE BODY AND INTERIOR OF THE LID OF THE CASE DECORATED WITH ITALIANATE LANDSCAPES IN THE STYLE OF CARLO BONAVIO, THE SOUNDBOARD SURROUND AND WREST-PLANK DECORATED WITH GILT CARVING, THE TABLE SET WITH TWO PIERCED GILT ROSES, TWENTY COURSES OF FOUR AND FIVE STRINGS WITH FIVE CARVED GILT BRIDGES, THE CASE OF ITALIAN LACCA CONTRAFATTA, THE HINGED LID AND BODY DECORATED WITH STRAPWORK AND FOLIAGE, WITH HINGED FORE-FRONT AND ON A LATER WALNUT STAND WITH BALUSTER LEGS JOINED BY CONFORMING STRETCHERS ON PAW FEET, MAXIMUM WIDTH 29¾IN. (75.6CM.), HEIGHT 338IN. (84.2CM.).