Lot 121
  • 121

A rare small Swiss cherry wood ebonized inlaid interchangeable cylinder music box, Circa 1870

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Description

  • height 23.5 cm, length 41 cm
14.5-cm cylinder playing one of three tunes on a one piece comb, lever for repeat/change, stepped cherry wood case with ebonized mouldings and canted corners, the lid inlaid with string banding and a brass and mother-of-pearl ornament, label and plaque signed Qualité Excelsior Ch.U, Multista No 1, the base with a drawer containing five extra cylinders, raised on flat feet