S.S. Stewart American Princess Open Back Banjo (c.1894)

Samuel Swain Stewart considered this a “lady’s size” banjo.  Features include ~10” metal clad wood rim with 20 brackets and ~24-⅛” scale length. The 20-fret cherry neck has a thin ebony fingerboard with diamond-shaped pearl inlays, and pearl star on the peghead. Built in the U.S.A. With later rough oversized case.