Swiss Cylinder Music Box, 19th C

American polychromed wooden boat model on stand, with polychrome painted decoration, and linen sails, original condition. Dimensions: 60" H x 36" L x 9.5"...

American Federal style inlaid mahogany blanket chest, 19th century. Dealer: S138X

Glass-topped brass end tables, likely fashioned from re-purposed Victorian brass railing segments, and topped with custom glass tops. Set of 2. Dimensions: 24" H x 24" W x 24" D. ...

American Folk mixed wood dough box, early 19th century, rectangular with canted sides and turned splayed legs, the box in pine, the stand likely oak or cypress, possibly South Caroli...

American mahogany twenty-one drawer music sheet, coin or medal cabinet by the Tindale Cabinet Company of New York of typical form with rectangular top and twenty-one (21) short drawe...

Hide-covered modern drum, possibly first peoples, 20th c. of shaped circular form, with hide stretched to top and bottom of a hollowed birch stump, with ha...

Tiny dancers twirl to the melodious tunes produced by this Swiss station cylinder music box. The cylinder is joined by a drum and bells that give richness and depth to the wonderful music the box creates. Music boxes were at the height of fashion in the late 19th century and served as a status symbol for the European gentry. Switzerland was the birthplace of cylinder music boxes and home to the great majority of the most renowned manufacturers. This example, in its finely crafted English walnut case, boasts two combs, allowing the box to play in harmony for a richer, more complex song. This particular style, commonly referred to as a “station” or “showcase” box, was used to entertain guests in hotel lobbies, train stations and other similar public places, and as such would have been coin-operated. This example, however, does not accept coins. This, combined with its overall quality, complexity and beauty, indicates it was made for a private household of significant means. Today, these ingenious musical masterpieces are highly sought-after by collectors of musical automata...

This is a 19th century Swiss cylinder carved music box on a table by Mermod Freres. The maker’s mark is in a silver color shield shaped metal at the righ...

19th C. Antique Swiss Cylinder Roll Music Box 6 Tune Airs with Inlaid Case and Works Very Nicely. Circa 19th Century. Measurements: 5.25" H x 16.75" W x 7.5" D.

A small music box where the top has a motive of Palais de l`Industrie in Paris. The building was built for the world exhibition that took place in Pa...

Rare Switzerland mahogany & ebonized hinged music box with the original crank, three interior paper labels, and cylinders. Music box is stamped by maker and is In working condition, ...

Made in Switzerland in approximately 1850, this key wind brass cylinder music box is set in a burled walnut case with an inlaid shield in the top and has a gl...