10th Jul, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

 
  Lot 2078A
 

2078A

A Good 11 7/8-Inch Symphonion Disc Musical Box, serial No. 236073, with twin Sublime-Harmony combs

A Good 11 7/8-Inch Symphonion Disc Musical Box, serial No. 236073, with twin Sublime-Harmony combs, each with blued comb screw washers, titled brass star-wheel bars, on reeded cast gilt bedplate, speed regulator, oak soundboards, under ebonised framed dustlid, mirrored interior with very carefully applied coloured lithograph study in celebration of Queen Victoria's Silver Jubilee, in fielded walnut and figured walnut veneered case with turned pilaster corners, raised fielded panelled lid top with later painted inlaid design, lion mask handle with wreath grip and moulded plinth base, with twin gilt bass handles integral start/stop and crank escutcheons, with 35 discs, most of which inside period carriage case.

Sold for £480
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

. Lacks one tooth, however it does play

 


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

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

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