Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2355Location: BostonDate / Time: March 24, 2007 10:00AM
Description:
Changeable Musical Box by Bremond for the Italian Market, No. 19543, the governor-cock stamped BAB, with four cylinders each playing eight operatic and other airs, massive double-spring motor, three sublime harmony and piccolo combs with central lapped-nickel zither attachment, gilt-brass tune indicator formed as lyre on laurel leaves with dart pointer, speed control, tune select with finial, and book-matched burr-walnut veneered case with tulipwood banding, ebonized borders, and integral cylinder storage drawer, wd. 45, cylinder 19 1/4 x 3 in., (approx. six replaced teeth, one tip and one tooth off),and original cylinder storage case.
Estimate $8,000-12,000