Paillard & Company Interchangeable Orchestral Cylinder Musical Box

Description:

Paillard & Company Interchangeable Orchestral Cylinder Musical Box, #49887, with six eight-air cylinders, double-spring motor, shield-form fast/slow indicator, four-part comb, twenty-four-note organ section, six engraved bells, drum and castanet, all housed in an ebonized and book-matched burl maple veneered case, resting on a two-drawer matching serpentine-leg table, table lg. 49 1/2 x dp. 27, overall ht. 44 in.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

object right drawer is missing latch, split near lock


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