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Antique Mechanical Music

Mechanical Folio / Music Stand, English
Located in NYC, NY
Elegant, adjustable music stand made of oak and cast iron, late 19th century and likely British
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19th Century British Antique Mechanical Music

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Iron

Antique 19thC Emile Chouanard French Walnut Lectern Drafting Table Easel
By E. Chouanard
Located in Dayton, OH
"Mechanical furnishings". Dimensions: 35" x 54.5"h x 17" in high position, flat 48", work surface 22" x 35
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1870s Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Walnut

Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional singing bird cylinder music box is a wonder of Austrian mechanical ingenuity. Not
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19th Century Austrian Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Satinwood

Automaton Clock And Music Box House
By Geneva Clock Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This artful and unique automaton clock and music box house proudly bears the signature of Geneva, a
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Early 20th Century Swiss Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

Antique Automaton Clock And Music Box House
Automaton Clock And Music Box House
H 28.13 in W 26.25 in D 15.56 in
Freres Rochat Gold Bird Box
Located in New York, NY
Bird Boxes: Gold musical bird boxes are a type of mechanical music box that was first created in
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1820s Swiss Antique Mechanical Music

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Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Piano Stool, English, Walnut, Adjustable Music Riser, Brooks, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique piano stool. An English, walnut and leather adjustable music or recital riser by
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Leather, Walnut

19thc German Zinner&Sohn Musical Automaton Toy w Children & Organ Grinder Monkey
Located in Savannah, GA
music. Arranged on a faux bois paper covered wooden platform, a young organ grinder and his monkey
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1890s German Late Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Porcelain, Fabric, Wood

French Musical Automation Picture Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible work of art blends the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complexities of
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Late 19th Century French Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Antique French Musical Automation Picture Clock
French Musical Automation Picture Clock
H 48.5 in W 44 in D 10.25 in
French Musical Automaton Picture Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
, this incredible work of art blends the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complexities of both a
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19th Century French Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Paint

Antique French Musical Automaton Picture Clock
French Musical Automaton Picture Clock
H 48.5 in W 44 in D 10.25 in
French 1890 Art Nouveau Swan Arp Brooch 18Kt Gold With 5.05 Ctw Rubies Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
century. Designed with allegorical patterns to the love, the music and the romanticism during the early
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Mechanical Music

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Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Femme dan les sous-bois, 19th Century Adolphe MONTICELLI (1824-1886)
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Blackwater, GB
consistently fresh and sparkling, never mechanical. Delacroix expressed surprise at Monticelli's success, and
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19th Century Antique Mechanical Music

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Oil, Panel

Village Landscape - French 19thC Impressionist oil painting France
By Pierre Edouard Frere
Located in London, GB
was born on January 10, 1819 in Paris to a father who was a music publisher; Édouard was the younger
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Mechanical Music

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Oil

France, circa 1810 -1820 Table Clock with a Handmaid Mercury Gilded Bronze
Located in Milan, IT
, sphinxes, muses, personifications and more. This watch organises the mechanical case on a
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1810s French Antique Mechanical Music

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Bronze

Three Girls
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
would return later in her career.  In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic Edgar
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1910s Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Gouache

Three Girls
H 19 in W 13 in D 0.5 in
Going for a Stroll
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
would return later in her career.  In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic Edgar
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1910s Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Gouache

The Necklace and the Pot
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
which she would return later in her career.  In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic
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1910s Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Gouache

Mother and Child In the Garden
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
married writer and music critic Edgar Lacher. A difficult character, Lacher may have chafed under
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1910s Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Gouache

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Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Each with a rectangular plate within a stiff leaf, entwined vine and fleur de lis carved surround, the cresting centred by an armorial shield for the Thorold baronets surmounted by a...
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Mid-18th Century Baroque Antique Mechanical Music

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Mirror, Giltwood

Tiffany & Co. Gilded Sterling Bamboo Pattern Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1960s, Sterling, by Tiffany & Co., American. This Tiffany & Co. gilded sterling centerpiece will perfectly complement contemporary or traditional interiors. Its bamboo motif o...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Sterling Silver

Carved Swiss Black Forest Chalet Clock, circa 1880
Located in Evergreen, CO
Intricate, painstaking detail is featured in this rare and magnificent, hand-carved, Black Forest chalet clock, which has professionally restored woodwork. If you look closely at the...
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1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Mechanical Music

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Walnut

Pipe Smoking Resting Vintage German Yard or Garden Gnome Statue, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous character ceramic figural gnome statue. This character statue has been made in Germany, in the 1920s or older. Absolutely gorgeous item with lots of character and still in...
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Mechanical Music

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Earthenware

Antique 18th Century French Directoire Style Cylinder Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 42 3/4in W: 36 1/2in D: 20 3/4in This antique 18th century French Directoire style cylinder desk is made of the highest quality and is perfect for you and your home!...
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18th Century French Directoire Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

H.E. Smith Company Oak Adjustable Trestle Base Drafting Easel Drawing Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage H. E. Smith Company industrial drafting table or architectural desk with wooden trestle legs, surface adjustable from 90 degrees vertical to 90 degrees horizontal, and horizo...
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20th Century Industrial Antique Mechanical Music

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Oak

Vintage German Brass Ships Porthole Nautical Boat Wall Clock Mechanical Movement
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century key wound port hole clock. Features a brass frame with metal dial and glass window. Hangs via 3 screw holes at the base. Marked along the face EW A porthole, som...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

Swedish mid-century telescope wall lamps, teak and brass, 1950s
Located in Forserum, SE
A pair of Swedish modernist wall lamps made from solid teak with pivotal telescope arm adjustable in height. A model known as fishing rod lamps. Brass details and cone shaped shades ...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

Biedermeier Picture Clock with Musical Movement, Austria, circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
These painting clocks are very rare, especially containing the music box. Of Austrian manufacture circa 1820-1830, this Biedermeier picture (painting) clock is a naive and charming o...
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19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Mechanical Music

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Metal

Dresden Porcelain Figural Centrepiece Raised Fruit Bowl
Located in Montreal, QC
This highly decorative footed bowl, reticulated and painted with flowers, is raised on a charmingly decorative base modelled with dancing putti on a flower-strewn ground.
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Early 20th Century German Antique Mechanical Music

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Porcelain

Crystal Sputnik Chandelier with Nickel Telescopes
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom crystal Sputnik with nickel telescopes. Customization available in different sizes and finishes.
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2010s American Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Crystal, Nickel

Mid-20th Century French Leather Magazine Rack by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your newspapers organized and neat inside this vintage magazine holder. Crafted in Paris France circa 1950, and attributed to Jacques Adnet, the elegant mid-century stand is bot...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Leather

1800s Victorian Book Stand Reticulated
Located in North Miami, FL
1800s English Victorian book stand, oak bookshelves on a reticulated, incised iron base and castors.  
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Metal

Swedish glass book stands by Erik Höglund Boda, Sweden, 1960s
By Erik Höglund, Boda
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Beautiful sculptural book stands designed by Erik Höglund. Produced by Swedish company Boda suring the 1960s. Made in frosted glass. Signed on bottom.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Glass

French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Figural Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb quality French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, satinwood and satine single door figural vitrine by the renown Parisian master craftsman and cabinet...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Mechanical Music

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Bronze

Top Design 1920s Art Deco Mantel Clock Made of Solid Coromandel w. Beveled Glass
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and stunning Art Deco mantel clock. For most people that were born after, say 1980, it is hard to believe that in the earliest years of the twentieth century a variety of cra...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

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19th Century English Regency Converting Music Stand Occasional Table
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century English Regency converting music stand occasional table This English Regency Period
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19th Century English Regency Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

19th-Century Jewelry Case with Swiss Reuge Music Box
Located in Opole, PL
luxurious mechanical music boxes and jukeboxes – in accordance with the pure Swiss tradition. Made by the
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

Rare German Music Box, 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
MUSIC BOX German, from the end of the 19th century. movement, mechanical, with 10 songs. On
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19th Century German Renaissance Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

Rare German Music Box, 19th Century
Rare German Music Box, 19th Century
H 58.47 in W 25.2 in D 15.16 in
Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional singing bird cylinder music box is a wonder of Austrian mechanical ingenuity. Not
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19th Century European Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Satinwood

Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bird Cage Music Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
A mechanical bird sings in its gilded cage in this exceptionally rare French automaton. Combining
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

Polyphon Upright Coin Op Disc Music Box circa 1898
Located in Milford, NH
name of a disc-playing music box, a mechanical device first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke
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Late 19th Century German Antique Mechanical Music

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Walnut

Swiss Music Box with Ten Airs Drums and Bells Finely Inlaid Marquetry circa 1880
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Swiss 10 Air Music box, dating to circa 1880. The mechanical mechanism
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19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Steel

19th Century Upright Piano Cave À Liqueur
Located in New Orleans, LA
press the keyboard and one of two delightful airs from the hidden music box begins to play, causing the
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19th Century Unknown Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Glass, Wood

19th Century Upright Piano Cave À Liqueur
19th Century Upright Piano Cave À Liqueur
H 11.75 in W 8.5 in D 5.75 in
19th c German Musical Automaton Toy by Zinner & Sohne Co. British Raj Theme
Located in Savannah, GA
The German manufacturer Gottlieb Zinner & Sohn produced sensational mechanical dolls and toys from
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1890s German British Colonial Antique Mechanical Music

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Porcelain, Fabric, Wood

Impressive 19th Century Mazzoletti Barrel Organ Cabinet
Located in Wiscasset, ME
craftsmanship A barrel organ (also called roller organ or crank organ) is a mechanical musical instrument
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1890s Belgian Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

English Musical Diorama Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional three-train chain fusee musical diorama clock is a horological, mechanical and
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18th Century English Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass, Ormolu

English Musical Diorama Clock
English Musical Diorama Clock
H 29 in W 16.75 in D 14 in
Magnificent Exhibition Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Highly Decorated Gr
Located in Suffolk, GB
originally established as Longman & Broderip in 1767. Longman & Broderip was a music publishing house who
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Walnut

"Organ Bank" with Boy and Girl, Circa 1882, American
By Kyser & Rex Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
embossed letters on a gold band, and white sheet music on the gold band on the front bottom are quite
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1880s American Folk Art Antique Mechanical Music

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Iron

Duo-Art Grand Player Piano by Steinway and Aeolian
By Steinway & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Immensely rare and mechanically complex, the Duo-Art reproducing grand piano is considered to be
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

Very Large Swedish Musical Clock by Pehr Strand and Pehr Ljung, 18th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
music arranged for the keyboard, published by Olof Ahlström in the periodical, Musikaliskt Tidsfördrif
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

Grand Reproducing Piano by Steinway & Sons
By Steinway & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Immensely rare, mechanically complex and visually stunning, this Steinway & Sons reproducing grand
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

19th Century Mechanical Music Stand with Candle Table MOVING SALE!!!!
Located in Denton, TX
Antique 19th century articulated music candle stand Cast iron base with fluted brass column
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19th Century American Antique Mechanical Music

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Iron, Brass

Swiss Mechanical Burr Walnut Music Box with 4 Airs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good quality antique Swiss made burr walnut veneered mechanical music box playing 4 airs dating
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19th Century Swiss Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood, Walnut

Swiss Mechanical Burr Walnut Music Box with 4 Airs
Swiss Mechanical Burr Walnut Music Box with 4 Airs
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H 2.37 in W 4.73 in D 3.35 in
Mechanical Bank "Organ Grinder & Performing Bear, " circa 1882
By Kyser & Rex Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
This cast iron mechanical bank was patented and manufactured in 1882 by the Kyser & Rex Company in
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Mechanical Music

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Iron

Antique Art Deco Mechanical Jewelry Store Display Automaton
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical jewelry store display is presumed to date to the 1920s and to originate
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Mechanical Music

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Metal

Mechanical Metronome by the Maison Lemarchand Paris Early 1900s Oak Wood
Located in Milan, IT
Mechanical metronome by the Maison Lemarchand, 80 Rue de Turenne in Paris SGDG patent, from the
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Early 1900s French Antique Mechanical Music

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Oak

19th Century French Organina Thibouville Music Box with 15 Punched Cards
Located in Dallas, TX
Thibouville has an oblong wooden cabinet, which is varnished black, and has a crank-handle. A small mechanical
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Late 19th Century French Antique Mechanical Music

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Paper, Wood

Antique German Toy Automaton Music Box with Girls Dancing Around the Maypole
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy music box shows no maker's signature, but is presumed to have been made
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Early 20th Century German Bohemian Antique Mechanical Music

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Metal

Swiss Music Box with Ten Airs Drums and Bells Finely Inlaid Marquetry circa 1880
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Swiss 10 Air Music box, dating to circa 1880. The mechanical mechanism is
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19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Steel

1908 Edison Triumph Model D, Rare Oak Horn
By Edison
Located in Peekskill, NY
on an Edison. It's a Cygnet music master Horn with 16 oak panel 21 in. bell on a metal neck with a
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Mechanical Music

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Oak

Winter Courtyard - French Impressionist art 19thC oil painting village landscape
By Pierre Edouard Frere
Located in London, GB
Frère (1819-1886) was born on January 10, 1819 in Paris to a father who was a music publisher; Édouard
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Mechanical Music

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Oil

Snow at Fontainebleau - French art 19thC Impressionist landscape oil painting
By Pierre Edouard Frere
Located in London, GB
Frère was born on January 10, 1819 in Paris to a father who was a music publisher; Édouard was the
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Mechanical Music

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Oil

"The Adoration of the Magi" Monticelli C.19th French Pre-Impressionist Religious
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
sparkling, never mechanical. Delacroix expressed surprise at Monticelli's success, and admiration: 'There
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Mechanical Music

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Oil, Panel

Les Baigneuses - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Adolphe Monticelli
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
sparkling, never mechanical. Delacroix expressed surprise at Monticelli's success, and admiration: 'There
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1870s Impressionist Antique Mechanical Music

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Canvas, Oil

Mushroom Fairies
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
which she would return later in her career.  In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic
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1910s Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Gouache

Little Native Girl
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
would return later in her career.  In the early 1920s Gisella married writer and music critic Edgar
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1910s Modern Antique Mechanical Music

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Gouache

French Couaillet Freres Carriage Clock of Saint-Nicolas-D'Aliermont, Russell's
By Couaillet Freres
Located in Soquel, CA
of production switched to precision mechanical components for fuses, parts for aircraft engines and
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Brass

Mechanical Book Stand / Music Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A quirky mechanical wrought iron and oak music or book stand on casters.
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19th Century American Antique Mechanical Music

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Metal

Coin Operated Mechanical Arcade Music Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This lovely music box is activated by dropping a coin into the plate - an American nickel works
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique Mechanical Music

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Wood

Mechanical Doll with Music Box by Bru, Late 19th Century
By Bru
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This original mechanical doll (automaton) was made by Bru, a french company, at the end of the 19th
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Late 19th Century French Antique Mechanical Music

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Metal

Regina Metal Disc Music Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
metal disc. The crank was wound up, and the music flowed.... The perforations in the metal disc
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Early 20th Century American Antique Mechanical Music

Regina Metal Disc Music Box
Regina Metal Disc Music Box
H 13 in W 21.5 in D 19 in
Huge Black Forest Cuckoo Wall Clock, 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
hour, left door opens & dancer appears & music plays. Clock is in working order. Original restored
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Early 20th Century German Antique Mechanical Music

Mills "Violano Virtuoso" Coin Operated Violin / Roll Piano
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in North Hollywood, CA
vending machines. The "Violano Virtuoso" was the brainchild of Henry Sandell, who patented the mechanical
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Mechanical Music

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Glass

Antique French Art Deco Marble Mantle Mantel Clock Bird
Located in Newberry, SC
or Music) Function: Not applicable. Key Included, may or may not be original key.
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Early 20th Century French Antique Mechanical Music

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Marble, Metal

Early Victorian Music Book Stand
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
This music stand is very intricate in its mechanical construction, as it allows the user to tilt
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1830s English Victorian Antique Mechanical Music

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Mahogany

Early Victorian Music Book Stand
Early Victorian Music Book Stand
H 47.25 in W 20.87 in D 16.15 in
Chronographe Repetition a Quartz Silencieus Rocail Musical Gold Pocket Watch
Located in Antwerp, BE
: 47165 Gold: 18 karat Yellow Gold Weight: 112,87 grams Mechanical Hand Winding Chronograph Repetition
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Early 1900s Swiss Antique Mechanical Music

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18k Gold

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Antique Mechanical Music For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique mechanical music you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and paint, every antique mechanical music was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique mechanical music, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. You’ll likely find more than one antique mechanical music that is appealing in its simplicity, but Europa Antiques produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Mechanical Music?

The average selling price for an antique mechanical music at 1stDibs is $14,087, while they’re typically $1,995 on the low end and $88,500 for the highest priced.