Jon Baddeley
Specialist Consultant Collectors, Science & Marine
Lot 62
A rare key-wind hidden drum and 'bells-piano-forte' musical box playing four airs, by David Lecoultre, circa 1845,
3 May 2012, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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A rare key-wind hidden drum and 'bells-piano-forte' musical box playing four airs, by David Lecoultre,
circa 1845,
Ser. No. 9562,
Gam. No. 62,
playing a polka, quadrille and waltzes, with single-spring motor, the single-section stamped comb flanked by 18 tooth drum and 8 tooth bell combs, on plain polished brass bedplate, the movement with controls to right-hand side of red-stained interior, interesting period D. Lecoultre tunesheet, in grained transitional slotted case, underside with mesh soundhole for drum (drum missing but hammer rack and linkages present), with rosewood veneered lid bearing geometric stained fruitwood inlay of instrument ensemble within swagged crest, triple strung framing, with a key - 17.3/4in. (45cm) wide, the cylinder 10.1/4in. (26cm)
Ser. No. 9562,
Gam. No. 62,
playing a polka, quadrille and waltzes, with single-spring motor, the single-section stamped comb flanked by 18 tooth drum and 8 tooth bell combs, on plain polished brass bedplate, the movement with controls to right-hand side of red-stained interior, interesting period D. Lecoultre tunesheet, in grained transitional slotted case, underside with mesh soundhole for drum (drum missing but hammer rack and linkages present), with rosewood veneered lid bearing geometric stained fruitwood inlay of instrument ensemble within swagged crest, triple strung framing, with a key - 17.3/4in. (45cm) wide, the cylinder 10.1/4in. (26cm)
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Condition: E III 3(i)