10th Jul, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

 
  Lot 2074A
 

2074A

A Good Part-Orchestral Musical Box Playing Eight Airs, By Paillard Vaucher Et Fils, ser. no....

A Good Part-Orchestral Musical Box Playing Eight Airs, By Paillard Vaucher Et Fils, ser. no. 7911, with single-spring double-grip lever wind motor, single-section comb with eight tooth drum comb-select to left and eleven tooth bell and wood block comb-select comb to the right, the drum with plain gilt strikers, frame and snare bar, five bells on two-tier buffet formation finely engraved in wave-wine decoration and plain domed block in dark hardwood, tune select lever, plain gilt brass tune indicator, on reeded gilt cast bedplate, ebonised interior with dustlid, banner control board and re-printed twin maiden colour tunesheet left blank, in fine figured veneered case with kingwood crossbanding, flanking double line inlay, slight domed lid with matching crossbanded and line inlay framing with coromandel and stained fruitwood Greek urn and Rococo scroll inlaid boss to centre, repeated to front, with lid key - 23.1/2in. wide, the cylinder 13in

Sold for £800
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

. All teeth and tips are present but the two highest teeth on the comb are bent. Plays

 


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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools, 10th Jul, 2020

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