Sorry, I'm not a luthier. Still, I'd wager the eBay piece is an oddly shaped, early 20th-c. German wandervogel guitar-lute. The decor and tuning machines coincide perfectly with such things.
While uncommon, English guitars with a multi-ribbed, bowl-shaped back did occur. The Met in NYC has a phenomenal one of ca. 1750s vintage. Best, Eugene At 04:24 PM 9/20/2004, Alain Veylit wrote: >This item for sale on E-Bay seems to have some characteristics of the >English guitar, but with a lute bowl, and the ornamentation seems to me >more late 19th century than late 18th... >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10179&item=3749859419&rd=1 >Any luthier cares to comment?? >Alain To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
