Summary
1915 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1913 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandola, Style H2
Serial 22163
Factory order number unknown
Description
VG-EC, black carved spruce top with oval
soundhole, red stained maple sides and carved back, abalone fleur-de-lis and
pearl "The Gibson" inlays in headstock, 2-piece mahogany neck with dark center
stripe, 21-fret ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, ivoroid-bound body
and fretboard, rope-ivoroid-rope inlaid soundhole rosette, tortoise plastic
pickguard stamped "PAT.MAR.30,'09", 4-on-a-plate open-gear tuners with Handel inlaid buttons, "The Gibson" tailpiece, fixed ebony bridge stamped
"PAT.SEP.21'09", 11-1/8" body width, 2" body depth, 15-3/4" scale, 1-3/16" nut
width, rare model, with Superior gigbag
