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Creator: Mills Novelty Company
1920s Mills 1 cent Wizard Fortune Teller, Chicago, Mills Novelty Co.
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920s Mills 1 cent Wizard Fortune Teller, Chicago, Mills Novelty Co..Tabletop fortune telling machine in a wooden cabinet. window with working ...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Mills Novelty Company Furniture
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The Mills Chicago Upright Slot Machine
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impressive Chicago upright coin-operated slot machine was built by the leader of the slot machine movement in Chicago and around the world, the Mills Novelty Company. Manufactur...
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20th Century American Mills Novelty Company Furniture
Materials
Nickel
Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco period penny scale by Mills Novelty co. Period green porcelain pedestal with cream colored foot hold.
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Mills Novelty Company Furniture
Materials
Iron
The Mills Double Deluxe Violano Virtuoso
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of only a handful ever made, this Double DeLuxe Violano Virtuoso, created by the Mills Novelty Company, is an extremely rare example of American musical automata, featuring not one, but two brilliantly tuned violins. Singled out by the U.S. government in 1909 as one of the eight greatest inventions of the decade when it was introduced at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, the Mills DeLuxe Violano-Virtuoso stands as one of the most important and incredible musical devices ever made. The “Double Mills,” as it was nicknamed, plays classical, operatic and popular music. It can play on a single or up to 15 nickels and has the ability to run for approximately an hour. It produces exceptional sound with a crisp tonal quality and melodious notes. Housed in a beautiful quarter-sawn oak case, each violin produces 64 notes and is accompanied by a 44-note piano.
It is truly rare to find a historical musical mechanism so complete, with such remarkable sound quality and in excellent condition. This particular Violano has been updated with a digital player system that allows song selections to be made over a WiFi connection. This gives the user a choice between digital downloads or traditional paper rolls for added convenience.
Perfected and patented in 1912 by Henry K. Sandell, the Violano-Virtuoso was produced in limited quantities until 1929 and could be found in the very finest restaurants, hotels and oceanliners. In fact, the Violano-Virtuoso was one of the few American-made mechanical musical devices to be distributed worldwide to the most exclusive international clientele.
The below testimonial was sent to the Mills Company by the Governor of Idaho, aptly describing the incredible music produced by the Violano-Virtuoso.
Dear Sir, Have just had the pleasure of listening to your wonderful Automatic Violin and Piano on exhibition at the Government Building here. This marvelous instrument certainly far surpasses anything that I have eve heard in automatic music. The tone and expression of the violin and the piano are so perfect and clear that is really hard to believe but that there is the human hand playing..."
Indeed, for the price of a nickel, the Mills Violano...
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20th Century North American Art Deco Mills Novelty Company Furniture
Materials
Wood
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Mills Novelty Company furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Mills Novelty Company furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Mills Novelty Company furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Mills Novelty Company were created in the Art Deco style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Wurlitzer, Harry N. Abrams, and Judd Co.. Prices for Mills Novelty Company furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $700 and can go as high as $248,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $8,813.