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The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper 'cameo' in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770.","physicalDescription":"(Cithera) inlaid with turtleshell and mother of pearl. Sounding hole of brass openwork, a miniature ivory head at the top. It has six pairs of srings and an ivory capo-taste by which the pitch could be instantly raised. 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Engel's collection was bought by the museum in 1882, nos. 150 to 350, for £555. 6<i>s</i>. 0<i>d</i>.\r\nRP 2315/1882\r\nBought for £3. 10s. 0<i>d.</i>\r\n\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Portuguese, Joao Vieira da Silva, 1780-85","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"London, Victoria & Albert Museum: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria & Albert Museum. 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