German Music Box
Polyphon 71G disc music box with bells
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful and Rare Polyphon Music Box with Bells – Type 71G
This lovely Polyphon music box, model
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Black Forest Whip Carved Wood Fox Music Box With Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
The whip carved wood fox music box with glass eyes, is a finely crafted example of late 19th
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Antique 1890s German Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Symphonion Eroica Music Box.
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Exceptional and Rare Symphonion Music Box.
This stunning and highly rare Symphonion music box is a
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Antique Late 19th Century German Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Other
Antique German Christmas Scene Doll in Sled, with Music Box, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
pressed cotton and fitted with a papier-mâché drum, a wooden house and a music box in the shape of a
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Polyphon Autochange Disk Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
editions of The Music Box Handbook, by Graham Webb.
Circa 1890
35" wide x 21 3/4" deep x 85" high
Did
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Antique Late 19th Century German Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique German Silver Music Box in the Form of a Grand Piano
Located in London, GB
This charming antique silver musical box features a singing bird, which appears from an opening
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Antique 19th Century German Models and Miniatures
Materials
Silver
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Silver Bird Cage with Music, circa 1920
Located in Tongeren, Limburg
A silver bird cage with music, circa 1920, Germany.
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20th Century German Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
European Silver Gilt Interior Antique German Listening to Music Scene Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dimensions: 5.5 x 3 5/8 x 1.5 in
Weight: 8.5 toz.
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Early 20th Century German Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
H 1.5 in W 5.5 in D 3.63 in
A very rare animated German walnut standing disc music box, Kalliope, circa 1895
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This music box has a Jockey automaton has an periferal driven double comb and bells 63.5-cm disc
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Antique 19th Century German Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 93.71 in W 33.08 in D 19.69 in
Vintage Gramophone with Original Box, Germany, 1920
Located in Lugano, Ticino
Vintage antique red music gramophone music box, from Germany.
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Early 20th Century German More Desk Accessories
Rare German Music Box, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
MUSIC BOX
German,
from the end of the 19th century.
movement, mechanical, with 10 songs.
On
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Antique 19th Century German Renaissance Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Troubadour disc music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Troubadour Disc Music Box
A beautiful and rare Troubadour disc music box, made in Germany at the
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Antique 19th Century German Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Polyphon 45D disc music box with double comb and disc storage
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Charm and Elegance in Every Note: A 15.5-inch Double Comb Polyphon Disc Musical Box (Style 45D
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique German Inlaid Music Box
Located in Manhasset, NY
A crank wind up Marquetry Inlaid Music Box. Turn of the Century. Plays nurmous songs. The teeth
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Early 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Early 20th Century German Toy Music Box
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century music box
An original Victorian music box, made of wood and still plays an
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Vintage 1920s German Late Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pine
German Inlaid and Ebonized Music Box. 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
German inlaid and ebonized music box with original musical works, gilded ornate side handles, and
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Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Polyphon Mikado Music Box.
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare and Elegant Polyphon Mikado Music Box – A Timeless Masterpiece
This stunning Polyphon Mikado
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Antique Late 19th Century German Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Other
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
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20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Karl Griesbaum German Brass Singing Bird Cage Music Box, Marked Kg Ken-D
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in New York, NY
A charming automated birdcage music box with the bird's head turning, beak moving and tail moving
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Vintage 1950s German Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
Karl Griesbaum German Brass Singing Bird Cage Music Box, Marked Kg Ken-D
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in New York, NY
A charming automated birdcage music box with the bird's head turning, beak moving and tail moving
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Vintage 1950s German Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
Antique German Singing Bird in a Cage Music Box Automaton Karl Griesbaum 1930
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Portland, OR
brass cage. Dating from around 1930, the base is signed, "Made in Germany, Ken D" the monogram of Karl
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Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 10.5 in W 6 in D 6 in
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...
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Vintage 1950s Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
H 11.25 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Symphonion Rococo Music Box and 24 Discs
Located in Montreal, QC
Symphonion #25C Rococo music box in simulated walnut case carved overall with puttis and dancing
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Antique 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Polyphon Upright Coin Op Disc Music Box circa 1898
Located in Milford, NH
Polyphon upright coin-op disc music box, circa 1898. Beautifully carved walnut cabinet, double comb
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Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Antique Kalliope Christmas Tree Stand and Polyphon Music Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
tree and rotates while the music is playing. A beech veneered Kalliope box with bronze fittings. Inside
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Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Musical Instruments
Materials
Beech
Antique Deluxe Model Walnut Marquetry Polyphon Single Comb Music Box, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Deluxe Model Polyphon single comb music box offers a walnut case with bookmatched and
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Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 14 in W 24 in D 20 in
Vintage West German Music Box, Brass Bird Cage with Animated Singing Birds
Located in Big Flats, NY
Vintage West German music box features brass bird cage with beaded and floral design, interior
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Mid-20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Singing Bird Music Box by Karl Griesbaum Germany
Located in New York, NY
A mid-century gilt brass wind-up music box. The piece is decorated with ornamental filigree. A lid
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20th Century Austrian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Symphonium Music Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a rectangular wood music box that play music with a flat disk that is read by a comb after
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Antique 19th Century German Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
UNTESTED ANTIQUE GERMAN SYMPHONION MUSIC BOX WITH MULTIPLE DISCS MUSICAL COLLECt
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rather interesting untested Antique German Symphonion music
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Antique 19th Century German Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
H 5.91 in W 12.8 in D 7.49 in
Antique German Singing Bird Music Box Marked Underside K.G Karl
Located in Manhasset, NY
Antique German singing bird music box marked underside K.G Karl. At the time of this listing the
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Mid-20th Century German American Classical Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
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
Space Age Music Cube Speaker Boxes, Set of Two designed by Grundig, Germany
By Grundig
Located in Antwerp, BE
Set of two table or bookshelf cube box speakers Hi Fi Audiorama 700 serie in chrome and black
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Vintage 1960s German Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
H 12.6 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
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 bird sings its various bird song calls while moving its tail and opening it's beak in...
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Vintage 1930s German Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Wonderful German Antique Sterling Silver Automation Singing Bird Music Box
Located in Long Beach, CA
Wonderful German Antique Sterling Silver Automation Singing Bird Music Box c. 1890's. Marked 800
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Antique 19th Century German More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
Coin Operated Mechanical Arcade Music Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This lovely music box is activated by dropping a coin into the plate - an American nickel works
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Revolving World Globe & Music Box 1950s Colibri Table Lighter
Located in Vienna, Vienna
is music box & the globe revolves as music played. Dates from circa 1950s. The lighter look's in nice
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Singing Bird Music Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A sterling silver and enamel singing bird box automaton probably crafted in Eschle, German around
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Vintage 1960s German Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Jewelry Music Box in Silver and Enamel
Located in Tongeren, Limburg
A jewelry music box in silver and enamel, circa 1900.
Category
20th Century German Louis XVI Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Lavishly-Filled German Wooden Grocery Dollhouse Store Toy 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful grocery shop room box, painted and stained wood with lithographed wall and floor papers, side stair case and upper gallery, some drawers on rear wall with metal handles a...
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Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric, Wood
Boy dressed in Sailor Outfit Antique German Dollhouse Doll Toy 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare and exquisite miniature antique German Bisque Head, Arms and Leg Doll is a must-have for Dollhouse and Doll collectors and enthusiasts alike. With its beautiful Sailers Out...
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Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric
19th Century French Automaton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous rare 19th century automaton. Most likely made in France at the end of the 19th century. She is a real beauty and in remarkable condition for her age. She is made of porcelai...
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Porcelain
Lot of Deer, Rabbit & Hunter Putz Toy Antique German Erzgebirge Christmas 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique German set of 14 Putz stick-legged Deers, Bunny Rabbits, Fox and a Hunter. All of them are genuine antique German Christmas nativity scene or paradise yard garden figures. As...
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Composition
H 3.5 in W 2.75 in D 1.13 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Santa Claus Belsnickel Papermache Candy Container German Christmas 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful German Belsnickle / Santa Claus candy container. Was probably made before World War One in Germany. We attribute this to the fact that he is wearing a spiked helmet. Scat...
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 3.75 in D 3.13 in
Borzoi Dog Companion for French German Doll Jumeau Kestner, Antique German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A salon dog from Germany for your french fashion doll. Glass amber eyes with black pupils, black nose and wooden sticky legs. Lots of clean fluffy white color rabbit fur and wool. A ...
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Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric, Fur, Wool, Glass, Wood
H 6.25 in W 7.75 in D 2 in
Beautiful Santa Claus Figure Candy Container Vintage German Christmas
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Santa figure with a tree in his hand. Very characterful representation and expressive in its appearance. Velvet dust cover as clothing. Was probably a candy container, but the...
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Vintage 1930s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Composition
German Painted & Carved Wood Carousel Horse w/ Saddle Seat on Stand 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
German hand carved wood and decorative painted carousel horse with carved flowing mane, carved hairy tail, upholstered muslin saddle seat, flanking original glass eyes, and mounted o...
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Antique 19th Century German Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 48 in W 60 in D 12 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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Mid-20th Century English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Swiss Station Cylinder Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
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 ...
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Antique 19th Century Swiss Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the German music box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each German music box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect German music box — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right German music box, those designed in Victorian, Mid-Century Modern and Neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made German music box over the years, but those crafted by Karl Griesbaum are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a German Music Box?
The average selling price for a German music box at 1stDibs is $3,400, while they’re typically $368 on the low end and $88,500 for the highest priced.
Questions About German Music Box
- 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 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.
- 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.