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Mechanical Music(#110519) 30/11/2021 2:00 PM GMT CLOSED

Lot 153 of 172: A rare key-wind musical box, playing three airs, on four-piece comb (two main sections plus 17 treble teeth and four extra bass teeth screwed sideways into main section), each main comb signed F. Nicole in very small font, the cylinder with "rigid notation" grid, in plain fruitwood case with exposed controls with turned handles, the lid probably an early replacement, with no tune-sheet or evidence of one -- 1822-25. --13 ¾ in wide, the cylinder 9 ¼ x 2 ½ in. (23.5 x 6.2cm.) diam., with key (pla

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£36,000 (33 bids)
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

Mechanical Music(#110519)  30/11/2021 2:00 PM GMT  CLOSED