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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
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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood music box
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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Musical box with 6 Bells and 3 Automatons By G. Bendon
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful music box by Bendon. Made in about 1880 in Switserland by this well known manufacturer
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Antique 1880s Swiss Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

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
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Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Walnut

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Cigar Box Humidor House
Located in GB
musical Cigar box Humidor with built in music box A very good looking and well made piece, it is hand
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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Wood

Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box
Located in Norwich, GB
Swiss music box, circa 1890. Rosewood miniature case with satinwood line stringing, the top
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Antique 1880s Swiss Victorian More Clocks

Materials

Rosewood

Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box
Miniature Rosewood Swiss Music Box
H 5 in W 14.5 in D 7 in
Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
Rare Switzerland mahogany & ebonized hinged music box with the original crank, three interior paper
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Antique 1880s Swiss Biedermeier Musical Instruments

Materials

Steel

Antique Swiss 10 Air Musical Box Langdorff & Fils 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Swiss 10 airs Gonçalo Alves cylinder music box, manufactured by
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Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments

Materials

Other

Fine and Rare Miniature Satsuma Vase by Taizan Yohei
Located in Atlanta, GA
gathered to play music instruments. The other is a group of ladies performing a formal court music. The
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Antique 1880s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

The Carillon - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
with colore tempera and with a small golden border. The work depicts a small circular music box made
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1880s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Antique Musical circa 1880 Black Forest Hand Carved Fox Whip Hook Glass Eyes
By Black Forrest
Located in GB
another single Dwarf which is cross legged This one has the music box, the way it should work is you
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Antique 1880s Swedish Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique circa 1880 Collectable Black Forest Hand Carved Fox Whip Hook Glass Eyes
By Black Forrest
Located in GB
would have been a music box in the back of this one at some point but its been removed, they were very
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Antique 1880s Swedish Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Carved Swiss Black Forest Chalet Clock, circa 1880
Located in Evergreen, CO
time, this piece had a music box, as indicated by the Gattolliat label inside the clock. This is the
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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Walnut

Vintage Lifesize Bronze Sculpture of Seated Charlie Chaplin 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Comedian (1889–1977) Charlie Chaplin was a comedic British actor who became one of the biggest stars of the
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Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Vellum

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved
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1970s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music
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1930s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved
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1970s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

After Delaunay - Color Compositions - Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she
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1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
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1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

27 Living Paintings - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning
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1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Prints

Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Sonia Delaunay - Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him art supplies during the
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him art supplies during the
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him art supplies during the
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
Creole Dancer
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 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
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Antique 1880s Swiss Belle Époque Musical Instruments

Materials

Other

Music Box Swiss Origin, circa 1880
Music Box Swiss Origin, circa 1880
H 1.38 in W 3.94 in D 2.37 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
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Antique 1880s Austrian Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Located in GB
music box with original 4airs paper label A very good looking and well made piece, it is hand carved
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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Rare Miniature Gilt Bronze and Enamel Salon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, a fire screen and a centre table serving as a music box, the enamelled plates are hand-painted with
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Antique 1880s Austrian Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Rare Miniature Gilt Bronze and Enamel Salon
Rare Miniature Gilt Bronze and Enamel Salon
H 3.35 in W 2.96 in D 1.38 in
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
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Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments

Materials

Wood, Tulipwood

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
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Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments

Materials

Enamel

Malaquita bronce French Elephant candle and lighter Napoleón III
Located in VALLADOLID, ES
boxes, music boxes, song birds, antique jewelry, hat pins, glassware, porcelain, silverware, etc
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1880s French Sculptures

Life-Size Bronze Sculpture of Seated Charlie Chaplin, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
: Height 53.9 x width 22.0 x depth 26.0 Charlie Chaplin Biography Comedian (1889–1977) Charlie Chaplin
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Vintage 1970s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sonia Delaunay - Living Painting - Original Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Signed Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
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1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

after Henri Matisse - Fern - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him art supplies during the period of convalescence
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph - Woman
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Metronome Made in the Late 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Metronome made in the late 19th century. It is an instrument used to measure the Tempo of music
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Antique 1880s Austrian Musical Instruments

Materials

Brass

Metronome Made in the Late 19th Century
Metronome Made in the Late 19th Century
H 9.45 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Sonia Delaunay - Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Sonia Delaunay - Living Painting - Original Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Living Painting - Original Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Prints

Le Cœur à gaz / The Gas Heart - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and
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1970s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - Colorful Composition - Signed Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - The Three Graces - Signed Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Sonia Delaunay - Signed International Women's Year 1975 - Poster
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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1889 Music Box For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the 1889 music box you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Find abstract versions now, or shop for abstract creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Making the right choice when shopping for a 1889 music box may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a 1889 music box to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, blue, beige, purple and more. There have been many interesting 1889 music box examples over the years, but those made by (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, (after) Sonia Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in lithograph, linocut and etching can add an especially memorable touch.

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.

Finding the Right prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.

Questions About 1889 Music Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    A Polyphon music box is a wooden box that plays small interchangeable metal discs. Polyphon Musikwerke invented the device in 1870 and began producing them for sale in 1897 in Leipzig, Germany. Find a variety of Polyphon music boxes on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The box that plays music is called a music box in the U.S. and a musical box in the UK. Early versions date back to the 19th century, and many of them came from factories located in Switzerland. Shop a large selection of antique and vintage music boxes on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    It depends on the make and model of the music box. To find the value of a music box, experts suggest that you work with a certified appraiser. The value of a music box will depend on a number of factors, including the shape it’s in. You’ll find expertly vetted music boxes on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    The best music box for you depends on your preferences for design, size, and music. Music boxes may be intricately carved or brightly-colored, and contain musical themes from famous plays or films. Music boxes can also be musical boxes designed to hold jewelry or other trinkets.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021
    Regina music boxes have musical information carefully stored on a metal disc. A Regina music box works when the holes in the disc engage with the teeth of a gear that leads to the plucking of a musical comb generating a pleasant sound.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The first music box was likely made in Switzerland around the end of the 18th century. Originally, most music boxes were quite small, but as time went on, larger versions developed. Shop a collection of antique and modern music boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, music boxes are still made today. A number of artisans continue to produce music boxes by hand. Companies may also mass produce music boxes using machinery. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of music boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An old music box made from snuff boxes during the 18th century is called a carillons à musique. It is a French word meaning "chimes of music." You'll find a selection of antique music boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

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