Early 20th-Century Liberty Harp Zither by Marx kentucky Features cubbies and slots for

Features cubbies and slots for art supplies and an attached scroll with different shapes

This ashtray would have served for many years in the customer care center of a Firestone tires shop

Gift message on base dates this to at least 1950

varnish darkening

Date: 1967

Early 20th-Century Liberty Harp Zither by Marx kentucky Features cubbies and slots forc. 1910s 1920s; Marx Instrument Co. Chicago, IL Tabletop Liberty Harp style zither, marked with a gilt label reading "This is an Original MARX INSTRUMENT." Crafted with a black painted wooden case, circular soundhole, and rows of metal strings stretched over a stenciled music guide, this instrument represents one of the accessible "parlor zithers" produced for amateur home music making in the early 20th century. The Marx Instrument Co. of Chicago