A Bells-en-Vue musical box, by Paillard Vaucher et fils,
circa 1878,
Ser. No. 4327,
with single-spring motor, two-section comb divided by the six-tooth bell comb, each bell finely engraved with petit-point work and struck by duo-tone hover fly strikers on lever-select, single tier buffet rack with cast brass lyre supports, on reeded cast gilt bedplate in ebonised interior under dustlid, period tunesheet backed onto protective card, in part grained case with the slight-domed lid in rosewood veneer, central canted-corner coromandel ground panel with delicate stained fruitwood inlaid floral spray, bordered by kingwood crossbanding, the whole repeated in lesser proportions to front, cast side carrying handles - 29in. (74cm) wide, the cylinder 17in. (43cm)
Ser. No. 4327,
with single-spring motor, two-section comb divided by the six-tooth bell comb, each bell finely engraved with petit-point work and struck by duo-tone hover fly strikers on lever-select, single tier buffet rack with cast brass lyre supports, on reeded cast gilt bedplate in ebonised interior under dustlid, period tunesheet backed onto protective card, in part grained case with the slight-domed lid in rosewood veneer, central canted-corner coromandel ground panel with delicate stained fruitwood inlaid floral spray, bordered by kingwood crossbanding, the whole repeated in lesser proportions to front, cast side carrying handles - 29in. (74cm) wide, the cylinder 17in. (43cm)
Sold for
£1,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Condition: X II 2
Sold to current vendor by Harrods on 16th February 1987.
Category: Collectibles / Mechanical Music
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