Estimate

4.500 - 6.500

Session 2

12 July 2018

Hammer Price

Description

A large music box with four interchangeable cylinders (35 cm), each with six melodies, in ebonized wood with kimngwood, rosewood and satinwood, thornbush and other woods marquetry decoration depicting floral motifs and musical instruments
Gilt metal handles with relief decoration
Ebonized wood cylinder case decorated with nymph and bouquet
Original program with card cover lined with four colored lithographs
Ca. 1890

94x30x41 cm

Category

Objects

Additional Information

This pieces was restored in 2013 at the Burgoz L'Augerson workshop - Switzerland were the opinion about this mechanism was that it is probably unique and a prototype with no similar known pieces