DESCRIPTION:
Neapolitan College of Music, Patent no 2272

Made by Ewald Glaesel
186b Plauenschestrasse, Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany
Application for patent no 2272 made on 28th January 1902 and accepted 10th April 1902
Application Agents: Wheatley & Mackenzie, 40 Chancery Lane, London W.C.

A copy of patent application with instrument description and original sketch is available on my website www.lucassobieranski.com

Video showing the instrument before and after restoration.
The music in background is a piece composed and played on this mandolinetto - "In an old style" by Lucas Sobieranski

Although it was more likely to be made in Saxony, Germany it was only intended for English market so I guess we can still call it English Mandolin