zither

Fretless zither made of wood, in the form of a flat triangular-shaped box, with two complete sets of strings that cross each other on the diagonal. The horizontal set of strings have a wood cover at one side. The two sets of pegs for the diagonal strings have a pair of holes at each end suggesting that they may also have had covers originally. The slound hole with painted border incorporating a Greek key pattern.The base fitted with two feet. Both sets of strings have paper labels with the string numbers: on the diagonal strings these are placed next to both sets of pegs, and on the horizontal strings a single paper label is pasted onto the box itself. Beneath the hole in the sounding box is the manufacturer's printed label which reads: 'Wholesale, patented in a most civilised country. Faudel Phillips & Son. Newgate St. London'