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1889 Music Box

Height Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1880
Height Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1880

Height Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1880

$9,240

H 9.85 in W 25.6 in D 13 in

Height Airs Swiss Cylinder Music Box, circa 1880

Located in Marseille, FR

Napoleon III music box with 8 bee melodies including 4 complications. Ability to play and replay loops melodies. Possibility to add to engage a resonator and or activate small bees t...

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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service

Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood music box with grape vine carving to the top A very good looking and well made piece, it is h...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Late 19th Century Wooden Cigar Carrousel with Music
Late 19th Century Wooden Cigar Carrousel with Music

Late 19th Century Wooden Cigar Carrousel with Music

Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant

A beautiful antique wooden cigar carousel, with music. Made in France, late 19th century. When you turn the knob on the top, all panels turn at the same time. The panels are hand-pai...

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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

Collinson & Walton. An Aesthetic Movement burr walnut & ebonized music cabinet
Collinson & Walton. An Aesthetic Movement burr walnut & ebonized music cabinet

Collinson & Walton. An Aesthetic Movement burr walnut & ebonized music cabinet

By Collinson & Lock

Located in London, GB

Collinson and Walton. A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized music cabinet with pierced gallery to the top, wild burr walnut panels to the doors which open to reveal sheet music slides, ...

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Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Walnut

Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box
Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box

Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box

$6,163

H 5 in W 14.5 in D 7 in

Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box

Located in Norwich, GB

Swiss music box, circa 1890. Rosewood miniature case with satinwood line stringing, the top decorated with beautiful inlay. The hinged cover opening to a glazed top reveali...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Victorian More Clocks

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Rosewood

19th Century Porcelain Musical Plate - Vieux Paris - Music Box
19th Century Porcelain Musical Plate - Vieux Paris - Music Box

19th Century Porcelain Musical Plate - Vieux Paris - Music Box

Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant

A beautiful antique porcelain bowl with music box. The porcelain bowl is hand painted with ornaments, gold-colored accents and music theme images. At the bottom of the porcelain bowl...

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Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Sublime Harmony Cylinder Music Box by George Baker. Geneva, c. 1885
Antique Sublime Harmony Cylinder Music Box by George Baker. Geneva, c. 1885

Antique Sublime Harmony Cylinder Music Box by George Baker. Geneva, c. 1885

Located in London, GB

A superb quality compact size Sublime Harmony antique music box made by George Baker of Geneva, Switzerland, c. 1885. This is a fantastic sounding box. The musical movement features...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Late Victorian Musical Instruments

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Brass, Steel

Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880
Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880

Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880

Located in Charleston, SC

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, ...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Biedermeier Musical Instruments

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Steel

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Music Box Swiss Origin, circa 1880
Music Box Swiss Origin, circa 1880

Music Box Swiss Origin, circa 1880

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H 1.38 in W 3.94 in D 2.37 in

Music Box Swiss Origin, circa 1880

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

circa 1880 Music box Swiss origin. Playijg 2 tunes ([lays 2 tunes after activating) there is a button to stop it as ell. Painted with an image of a beautiful lady from the Belle Epoq...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Belle Époque Musical Instruments

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Other

Beautiful Bronze Windmill Music Box
Beautiful Bronze Windmill Music Box

Beautiful Bronze Windmill Music Box

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H 6.11 in Dm 7.09 in

Beautiful Bronze Windmill Music Box

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

A beautiful Bronze Windmill Music box and enamel plates hand painted with romantic scenes in the taste of Boucher. Austria, late 19th century. Diameter : 18 cm Height : 15,5 cm.

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Antique 1880s Austrian Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood music box with original 4airs paper label A very good looking and well made pi...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Antique Swiss Music Box Three Bells in Sight 8 Airs 19th Century
Antique Swiss Music Box Three Bells in Sight 8 Airs 19th Century

Antique Swiss Music Box Three Bells in Sight 8 Airs 19th Century

Located in London, GB

This is a superb antique Swiss music box with three bells in view and 15.4 cm cylinder, circa 1880 in date. The highly attractive case is rectangular in shape and has been accomplish...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments

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Wood, Tulipwood

19th Century Eight Airs cylinder Six Bells In View Music Box by Paillard
19th Century Eight Airs cylinder Six Bells In View Music Box by Paillard

19th Century Eight Airs cylinder Six Bells In View Music Box by Paillard

Located in London, GB

This is a lovely antique Swiss eight airs cylinder six bells-in-view music box, circa 1880 in date and bearing the horn and dagger stamp of the renowned maker Paillard Vaucher Fils (...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments

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Enamel

Antique Buffet-Style Drum and Bell Music Box by Mojon Manger, Geneva, c. 1885
Antique Buffet-Style Drum and Bell Music Box by Mojon Manger, Geneva, c. 1885

Antique Buffet-Style Drum and Bell Music Box by Mojon Manger, Geneva, c. 1885

Located in London, GB

A large and fantastic-sounding buffet-style upright antique music box made by Mojon Manger of Geneva, Switzerland, c. 1885. The movement features six saucer bells and a skin drum mo...

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Antique 1880s Swiss Late Victorian Musical Instruments

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Late 19th Century Gilt and Bronze Tweeting Automaton Music Bird Box
Late 19th Century Gilt and Bronze Tweeting Automaton Music Bird Box

Late 19th Century Gilt and Bronze Tweeting Automaton Music Bird Box

Located in London, Nottinghill

When wound and the actuation button slid to the right, the bird with layered feathered plumage in various red tones, gold gilt metal case, emerges moving polished metal beak, wings, ...

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Antique 1880s Decorative Boxes

Rare Swiss Cylinder Music Box with Animation and Bells
Rare Swiss Cylinder Music Box with Animation and Bells

Rare Swiss Cylinder Music Box with Animation and Bells

By Baptiste-Antoine Brémond 1

Located in North Hollywood, CA

This wonderful music box is a cylinder style with raised pins. As the cylinder revolves, the pins "pluck" corresponding teeth of the metal "comb," creating the complex melody. What m...

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H 9.25 in W 8.5 in D 4 in

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Located in Evergreen, CO

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Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

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Located in Norwood, NJ

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Music Play Box, Around 1960s, Made in Switzerland

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$284

H 2.76 in W 8.27 in D 5.52 in

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Located in Wien, AT

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Located in San Francisco, CA

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Carved Swiss Black Forest Chalet Clock, circa 1880
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Unavailable|$22,995

H 27.75 in W 36 in D 17.5 in

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Located in Evergreen, CO

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$770

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Located in Roma, IT

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Located in Houston, TX

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By Anthony van Dyck

Located in London, GB

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How Much is a 1889 Music Box?

The price for a 1889 music box in our collection starts at $656 and tops out at $44,381 with the average selling for $1,642.