An exceptional key-wind quatre-overture hooked-tooth musical box, by Nicole Freres,
circa 1854,
Ser. No. 32069,
Gam. No. 1441,
playing Caravanne, Gretry; Flute Enchantée, Mozart; der Freyschutz, Weber; and della Gazza Ladra, Rossini, large single-spring motor and stamped single-section comb of approximately 209 teeth, on plain brass bedplate in red stained interior under hinged dustlid, lid interior with finely inscribed silver tunesheet also bearing the T. Cox. Savory & Co. retailer address, single strung border, the case with grained finish, end-flap with later pull-and-pin fastening, the lid top with rosewood veneered ground, inlaid extravagantly with central boulle crest in red tortoiseshell, twin drum and French horns in brass, flanked by large rococo C scrolls, repeated to the corners in boulle work with further red tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, blue and pink enamels, framed with triple brass stringing, with the original brass and steel ratchet winding key, with a lid key - 21.3/4in. (55cm) wide, the cylinder width 13.3/16in. (33.5cm), the diameter 3.1/8in. (8cm)
Sold for
£18,750
inc. premium
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Mechanical Music
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