EBONIZED AND GILDED WOODEN HARP, LONDON, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY decoration with figures and elements taken from neoclassical repertories, the upright with cupids and anthropomorphic figures worked in relief, complete with pedalboard and inscribed plaque with the maker's name; defects, falls and faults in the pictorial decoration, restorations, the mechanism to be overhauled, some strings replaced Maker's mark Sebastian Erard's Patent 1707, 18 Great Marlborough Street, London H. cm 169, W. cm 82, D. cm 40 A GILT AND EBONISED WOOD HARP, BY SEBASTIAN ERARD, LONDON, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY; DEFECTS, LOSSES, RESTORATIONS, MECHANICS TO BE SERVICED, SOME STRINGS SUBSTITUTED This fine specimen finds a timely comparison with a harp presented in a Bonhams sale (London, New Bond Street, Fine Musical Instruments, 6 November 2006, lot 29, https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13463/lot/29/). In both cases there is an ornamental theme taken from classical repertoires, in this case called the Greek style, with allegorical vestal figures of music illuminated in gold on the soundbox; also identical are the relief figures in the head of the upright and the stylised palmettes at the base.