Hurdy-gurdy

'Guitar-shaped body with mahogany belly edged with a barber's pole inlay of ebony and ivory, as is the lid of the keyboard, the wheel-guard and the tailpace. The last two of these also have small formal patterns inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Two C-holes in the belly. The sides and top of the peg box, which continues on the line of the key box, are stamped with stars and have carved scallop ornaments as well. The fineal is in the form of a woman's head wearing a cap (the crescent over the forehead, a fashionable feature of such caps at the time, has been broken off). Vertical pegs for six strings'. Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments. (London, 1998), pp. 25 - 26.