Dulcimer; a variety of psaltery or qanun played with hammers. The lid interior shows 17th century figures - soldiers being met by ladies with refreshments. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' 鈥楳usical Instruments; Historic; Rare and Unique;' Adam and Charles Black; Edinburgh; 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated 鈥楾he Royal House of Stuart' (1890); 鈥楴aval and Military Trophies' (1896); and others.