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Item Type: Concertina
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Bellows
Bellows Summary: Four-fold green leather bellows, with early "Gilt Circle & Dot" papers, and silk reinforced bottom bout.
Inner Bellows Cradle: 6 triangular pieces set into each corner of the bellows-frame. Three inner sides of the frame have been fitted with an extra layer of shiny brown leather to enhance the tightness of fit of the reed-pan.
Inner Bellows Stamps: L and R
Bellows Inner Serial Nos: 451, stamped on top triangular support, next to "L" and "R".
Bellows Folds and Features: 5-fold green leather bellows with later "Floral Gilt on White" papers and without the early silk reinforced bottom bout, and with the inked number "1271" on the RH lower bout's bellows paper.
Bellows Leather colour: Green Leather
Bellows Outside Labels: The inked number "1271" appears on the RH lower bout's bellows paper.
