Mandoline Expressive Zither Musical Box by Paillard Vaucher Fils

Description:

Mandoline Expressive Zither Musical Box by Paillard Vaucher Fils, No. 14480, playing Don Juan and five other airs by Donizetti, Juliano, and Bruschi, with flat-topped winding lever, zither attachment with engraved floral standard and initials P.V.F., tune-sheet and burr-walnut veneered case with ormolu carrying handles, interior pewter stringing, tulipwood banding and geometric inlay to front and the bookmatched domed lid, wd. 20 in., cylinder 11 in.

Note: Restored by Keith Harding, Hornsey Road, London.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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