29th Jan, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools
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A Good Early Bells-In-View Musical Box By Greiner & Bremond
circa 1861, Ser. No. 8923, playing a varied programme including the rarely heard Varsovienne by C. Bach, single-section comb with the six plain polished tuned bells on linier-buffet rack each with rivet-form strikers on lever-select, in red stained interior under dustlid, in part-grained case with the front and lid of finely figured rosewood, crossbanded in Kingwood and central fields with complex stained fruitwood floral inlay - 22.1/2in. (57cm) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm) together with two books: Musical Box - Ord-Hume and The Music Box Handbook - Webb (3)
Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500
All teeth and tips present. Plays smoothly, all bells working.
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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools, 29th Jan, 2025
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