A small early key-wind musical box playing six airs, by Benoit and Piquet,
circa 1850,
Ser. No. 5933,
with small single-spring motor, single-section comb with washer-less polished steel screws on plain brass bedplate, signed with Benoit & Piquet in ink to the soundboard, in noir grained case with endflap, the lid veneered in rosewood bearing geometric inlaid decoration in boxwood, elm and ash of a butterfly within stylised Greek key and floral swag frame - 14in. (35.5cm) wide, the cylinder 7.7/8in. (20cm)
Ser. No. 5933,
with small single-spring motor, single-section comb with washer-less polished steel screws on plain brass bedplate, signed with Benoit & Piquet in ink to the soundboard, in noir grained case with endflap, the lid veneered in rosewood bearing geometric inlaid decoration in boxwood, elm and ash of a butterfly within stylised Greek key and floral swag frame - 14in. (35.5cm) wide, the cylinder 7.7/8in. (20cm)
Sold for
£750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Condition: G II 2
Category: Collectibles / Mechanical Music
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