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Lot 69

A 'Mandoline-Piccolo' musical box, playing six airs, by F. Conchon,
circa 1880,

3 May 2012, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

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A 'Mandoline-Piccolo' musical box, playing six airs, by F. Conchon,

circa 1880,
Ser. No. 5198,
with single-spring motor, mandoline teeth in groups of four across 2/3rds of the two-section comb, zither attachment, on reeded gilt cast bedplate in ebonised interior under dustlid, coloured tunesheet (loose, damage), in rich burr-yew panelled veneered case, with the domed lid bearing central mother-of-pearl and brass boss, triple panel stringing, repeated to front and sides, gilt brass carrying handles - 24in. (61cm) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm)

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Condition: G(OW) II 3

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