A pictorial composition musical snuffbox,
circa 1850,
Ser. No. 3746,
playing two airs, with 14-part sectional comb with teeth in groups of five, on plain brass bedplate under smoked horn cover, tortoiseshell lid frame and gold hinge, the picture to lid entitled La Mort de Socrate, underside with triple diamond centre on repeating square ground, with a key - 3.5/8in. (9.2cm) wide, the cylinder 2.1/2in. (6.5cm)
Ser. No. 3746,
playing two airs, with 14-part sectional comb with teeth in groups of five, on plain brass bedplate under smoked horn cover, tortoiseshell lid frame and gold hinge, the picture to lid entitled La Mort de Socrate, underside with triple diamond centre on repeating square ground, with a key - 3.5/8in. (9.2cm) wide, the cylinder 2.1/2in. (6.5cm)
Sold for
£125
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Condition: E II 2
Category: Collectibles / Mechanical Music
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