Nicole Frères Grand Format Piano Forte Overture Music Box (NOW SOLD)
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Grand Format Piano Forte Musical Box by Nicole Frères, playing four overtures. Gamme no.1362.
The brass bedplate stamped Nicole Frères a Geneve, and both combs Nicole Frères, with lever-wind, three-winged governor and silvered tune program, engraved for T. Cox, Savory & Co., 54 Cornhill, London,
Housed in a brass-strung rosewood veneered case with canted corners and plinth feet. It is inlaid to front and lid with geometric design of foliate-engraved pierced brass scrolls, flowers, mother-of-pearl, pink and pale blue enamelling.
The cylinder is 29′ x 16 3/4″ x 4 (diameter).
The two combs contain approx. 240 teeth and tunes are pinned to play for just under three minutes.
The musical box dates from c. 1854
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