A musical clock/trophy base,
period case circa 1880, later Orpheus movement by Sankyo,
playing Handel's Water[music] and Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, pull-string tabátaire wind, single-section comb and auto-change, in the rectangular rosewood veneered case with inset baize top, three graduated steps each with boxwood moulded edge, start/stop and wind to right-hand side, geometric scroll, leaf and shell boxwood inlay to front centre - 13in. (33cm) wide, the cylinder 3.7/8in. (9.7cm)
playing Handel's Water[music] and Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, pull-string tabátaire wind, single-section comb and auto-change, in the rectangular rosewood veneered case with inset baize top, three graduated steps each with boxwood moulded edge, start/stop and wind to right-hand side, geometric scroll, leaf and shell boxwood inlay to front centre - 13in. (33cm) wide, the cylinder 3.7/8in. (9.7cm)
Sold for
£216
inc. premium
Category: Collectibles / Mechanical Music
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