The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-344.



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Item Type: Concertina

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Summary

Full Description: A mid-1880s George Jones 48-Key Amboyna-ended treble English concertina, label absent. Serial No 17435, with later Lachenal & Co straps, and later Wheatstone & Co cubic leather case. Black leather five-fold gilt-embossed bellows, with pink gauze fret baffles. The bellows have fine gilt-on-black bellows papers in a fancy diamond pattern.

Concertina Summary: George Jones 48-Key Amboyna-ended treble English concertina. Label absent. Serial No 17435, with later Lachenal & Co straps, and later Wheatstone & Co cubic leather case

Owner or Collection: Concertina Museum, Belper.

Maker: George Jones.

Maker Links: Concertina by George Jones. A good source of George Jones information is here: and the Wes Williams' data on Jones and other makers is here.

Region of Manufacture: London

Main Maker's Label Wording: The original outer "George Jones" label is absent.

Principal Serial Number: 17435.

System Type: 48-Key treble English system

Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-344.






Maker Details

George Jones

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The Concertina Museum Collection

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Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

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