Automaton Music Box
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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Antique 19th Century Austrian Other Musical Instruments
Materials
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
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Superb 18K gold "Sur plateau" musical snuff box purse form
Located in Zonhoven, BE
watchmaker. This collaboration produced complex and innovative watches, automatons and music boxes. By 1809
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Antique Early 18th Century Swiss Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron, Gold
Early 20th Century West German Gilded Singing Bird Automaton
Located in Middleburg, VA
treasure for collectors of fine music boxes, rare automatons, and objects de vertu.
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20th Century German Rococo Revival Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel, Steel, Gold Leaf
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Unusual Automaton Music Box Ballerina
Located in Culver City, CA
Unusual automaton music box ballerina, working mechanics, articulated side to side and glowing
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Early 20th Century Belgian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood, Plaster
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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Antique 19th Century European Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Music Box with Automatons and Bells made by Karrer
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Large music box with 3 automatons and 10 bells made in about 1875 by Karrer in Teufenthal (Swiss
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Antique 1870s Swiss Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
German Automaton Double Singing Birds in Brass Cage, Music Box, circa 1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique German automaton music box offers two singing birds seated in brass cage with embossed
Category
20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Blaise Bontems, an Extremely Fine & Rare Automaton Double Singing Bird Music Box
By Bontems
Located in Queens, NY
Blaise Bontems, an extremely fine and rare automaton double singing bird music box, in the form of
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Antique 19th Century French Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
Antique German Singing Twin Bird Cage Music Box Automaton Karl Griesbaum 1950
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique twin singing birds in a cage automoton, Karl Griesbaum, circa 1950
A pair of feathered birds sing various bird song calls while moving their tails and beaks and bodie...
Category
Vintage 1950s Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
H 11.25 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Antique German Singing Bird in a Cage Music Box Automaton Karl Griesbaum 1930
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique singing bird in a cage automoton, Karl Griesbaum, circa 1930
A feathered single bird sings its various bird song calls while moving its tail and beak and swiveling it...
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Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 10.5 in W 6 in D 6 in
Mid-20th Century Karl Griesbaum Automaton
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century Automaton signing bird in cage music box by Karl Griesbaum. Made in Germany
Category
Mid-20th Century German Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Swiss Gold Musical Fob Seal, Circa 1820
Located in Madrid, ES
Pendant with music box. Gold. Switzerland, around 1820.
Pendant made of gold of alloys with
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Antique Early 19th Century European Other Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold, Other
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
Category
Early 20th Century German Bohemian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
H 11.25 in W 11.75 in D 9.5 in
Antique French Automaton Singing Bird in Brass Cage, Music Box, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French automaton music box offers singing bird seated on foliate branch in brass cage
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Antique 19th Century French Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Reuge Enameled Music Box with Bird Automaton and Clock
Located in Brea, CA
A reuge enameled music Box with Bird automaton and clock , The box with blue enamel exterior
Category
Antique 1850s Swiss Country Antiquities
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Reuge Enameled Music Box with Bird Automaton and Clock
Located in Brea, CA
The box with brown enamel exterior and singing bird as shown in good working order. The top left
Category
20th Century Swiss Country Antiquities
Materials
Enamel
Antique German Singing Bird in a Cage Music Box Automaton by Karl Griesbaum 1930
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique singing bird in a cage automaton, Karl Griesbaum, circa 1930.
A feathered single
Category
Vintage 1930s German Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Automaton Music Box Diorama, C. 1900 - "Musically Inclined Monkey"
Located in Charleston, SC
Automaton Music Box Diorama, C. 1900 - "Musically Inclined Monkey" Great working condition
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Outsider and Self Taught Art
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
Vintage Sand Toy and Music Box Automaton Featuring High Wire Aerialists
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a sand-powered acrobatic automaton.
When the box is rotated and set down, the sand turns a
Category
Vintage 1950s Toys and Dolls
Materials
Glass, Cardboard
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Antique French male nude man in thong oil painting by Jean Philippe Gayral
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Captivating antique post-impressionist oil painting on canvas of a man in a thong. This painting is signed and dated and is on a new stretcher within a new frame. Atmospheric portra...
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1920s French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Birds Porcelain Vase with Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Vase birds porcelain with bronze all in
hand painted porcelain and with bronze trim
details up and down the vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vases
Materials
Bronze
19th century portrait military officer 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, East Lancs
Located in York, GB
A fine 19th century oil on canvas portrait stated to be Captain Paul John Henry Butler, 5th Royal Lancashire Militia, half length, wearing breast star. Housed in a gilt frame which i...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,419
H 35.04 in W 31.11 in D 1.97 in
Pink Panther Collection Royal Orleans Pottery Pink Panther Mounted Box
By United Artists
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful, Japanese licensed Pink Panther Collection lidded box distributed by Royal Orleans and dated 1981. The ceramic box is of large oval form with a fitted slightly domed cov...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$486
H 4.34 in W 6.3 in D 4.34 in
Study Of A Nude Male, 19th Century French Academy Study
Located in Blackwater, GB
Study Of A Nude Male, 19th Century
circle of HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
Large 19th Century French Academy portrait of a male nude in a studio, oil on canvas. Excellent q...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bench, Cantilever, Mid Century, Walnut, Danish Cord, Weave, Hardwood, Semigood
By Semigood Design
Located in Issaquah, WA
Mid-century inspired, hardwood and woven Danish cord bench.
The lead time provided is an estimate and may extend up to 12 months. If you require delivery by a specific date, we kin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Cord, Hardwood
$3,250 / item
H 18 in W 41.125 in D 18 in
Lapis Lazuli Natural Shape Sculpture in Metallic Brush Base
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
Lapis Lazuli is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
It is a combination of lazurite, main constitu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Afghan Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Portrait Of A Girl In White, circa 1900 Portrait Of A Girl In White Hugh RAMSAY
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Girl In White, circa 1900
Portrait Of A Girl In White Hugh RAMSAY (1877-1906)
Large circa 1900 edwardian portrait of a girl in white, oil on canvas. Excellent quality...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,251
H 32 in W 28 in
Antique Neoclassical Pine and Lime Wood Georgian Style Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A substantial and impressive architectural late 19th century profusely carved pine and lime wood fireplace surround in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The shelf perfectly evokes ...
Category
Antique 1870s English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Pine
$16,949 Sale Price
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H 68.31 in W 87.01 in D 13.78 in
30:30 Landscape Architecture Book
Located in New York, NY
30 internationally renowned landscape architects showcase their own work as well as that of 30 of the best of a new generation of forward looking and innovative designers.
This up-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
Materials
Paper
12 Coalport Grey and Polychrome Enamel Floral Shaped Rim Dinner Service Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly painted flowers. There are various combi...
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Vintage 1920s English Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
$3,800 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
Pair of Old Sheffield Plate Geo IV Adam Style Three-Light Candelabra
By Robert Adam
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Pair of George III Old Sheffield plate Adam style three-light candelabra with superb oval "sunburst" design bases; removable branches can allow for conversion into a single pair of c...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Adam Style Candelabras
Materials
Sheffield Plate
$3,450 / set
H 18.5 in W 19.5 in D 4 in
Antique Vintage Wooden Ebony Lapis Lazuli Walking Stick Cane Sterling Silver 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Fine Quality Polished Ebony Lady’s or Gentleman’s Walking Cane of English origin, mid to late Nineteenth Century.
The extremely elegant beautifully grained Lapis Lazul...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorab...
Materials
Sterling Silver
$813
H 35.5 in W 35.5 in D 35.5 in
"Bellerophon and Pegasus" Striking Art Deco Painting with Male Nude Mythological
By Bryson Burroughs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable scene depicting the moment when Bellerophon was about to lasso the flying figure of Pegasus after the creature paused for a drink below was painted in 1926 by Bryson ...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$16,500
H 44 in W 28 in D 2.5 in
Portrait of a Semi-Nude Male Figure
Located in Astoria, NY
John Knox Dillon (American, 1903-1974), Portrait of a Semi-Nude Male Figure, Oil on Canvas, 1958, signed lower right, signed, dated, and inscribed "Brackman" to verso, giltwood frame...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century English Chinoiserie Ladies Secretaire Writing Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary 19th century English ladies secretaire desk or writing table. The two part desk was made in the Chinoiserie revival period of Europe in the mid-19th century. The desk f...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Brass
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the automaton music box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An automaton music box — often made from metal, wood and brass — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer automaton music box, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each automaton music box bearing hallmarks is very popular. Bontems each produced at least one beautiful automaton music box that is worth considering.
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Prices for an automaton music box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $350 and can go as high as $48,500, while the average can fetch as much as $4,123.
Questions About Automaton Music Box
- What is a Polyphon music box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A 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, 2022The 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.
- Are music boxes rare?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022It 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.
- What is the best music box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021The 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, 2021Regina 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, 2022The 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.
- Are music boxes still made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, 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.
- What is an old music box called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022An 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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