Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2383Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 28, 2007 10:00AM
Description:
Mandoline Expressive Musical Box by Paillard for the American Market, No. 14652, playing twelve patriotic and other airs including Hail Colombia and Dixie's Land, with mandoline teeth arranged in groups of up to six, full-length zither, governor-cock stamped C.P. & Co., and tune-sheet headed M.J. Paillard & Co., Importers, 680 Broadway, N.Y., in book matched burr-walnut veneered case with ormolu carrying handles, kingwood banding and geometric inlay to front and lid, wd. 28 1/2, cylinder 17 1/4 in.
Estimate $2,000-2,500