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Duccommun Girod 6 tune music box with exposed controls
Located in Zonhoven, BE
EEarly and exceptional music box by Ducommun Girod with "exposed contols"
Ducommun Girod was one of the first manufacturers of music boxes early in the 19th century. He is known for...
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Early 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Music Box by Duccommun Girod playing 2 per Turn of the Cylinder
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Extremely large music box made in 1854 by Duccommun Girod in Switzerland.
Duccommun Girod was around early in the 19th century when music boxes first ...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Geo III Wedgwood and Steel Mounted Amboyna and Ebony Writing Box, c1800
Located in valatie, NY
The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread.
This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.'
Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork.
However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cut Steel
Musical clock with music box mechanism with Bells
By Baptiste-Antoine Brémond 1
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Extremely Rare and Exquisite: A BA Bremond Musical Clock
Step into the elegance of a bygone era with this extraordinarily rare musical clock, an exceptional fusion of artistry, inno...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Napoleon III Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Superb 18K gold "Sur plateau" musical snuff box purse form
Located in Zonhoven, BE
A superb gold music box, made by the craftsmen of Jean-George Remond & Co in Geneva between 1804 and 1811. The rectangular box is decorated with an exquisite, fine ornamental pattern...
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Early 18th Century Swiss Other Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron, Gold
Very rare 4 tunes overture music box (attr. to Lecoultre)
By LeCoultre & Cie 1
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very nice and early overture music box, probably by Lecoultre (alltough unsigned).
The key wind mechanism plays 4 overtures with a nice and bright tone on a very fine comb. The fad c...
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1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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. The mechanism plays 8 tunes on a 28cm cylinder as indicated on the original 'Bendon'...
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1880s Swiss Late Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing 4 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
this early music box plays 4 cheerful melodies on a 20.5cm cylinder as provided on the original melody card. Nicole Freres was the leading manufacturer of music boxes in the 19th cen...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Nicole Freres Mozart music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare Nicole Frères music box – exclusively playing Mozart
Beautiful Swiss music box by Nicole Frères, made in the second half of the 19th century.
Wooden case:
Exterior features a r...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Other Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Nicole Freres Forte Piano music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful Nicole Frères Music Box, Geneva, circa 1860
This outstanding music box was crafted around 1860 by Nicole Frères, the most renowned and sought-after maker of fine music box...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Other Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
interchangeble 6 cylinder music box playing 36 tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box on matching table – 6 cylinders with 6 melodies each
Beautiful Swiss music box, crafted in the late 19th century, presented on its original matching table.
The set includes...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Music Box by Ducommun Girod playing 8 Tunes in a 2 per turn setting.
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very early fat cylinder music box.
The mechanism has a 2 per turn setting, but plays 1 tune in 2 parts on the first revolution resulting in 7 tunes in total.
The plane brass bedplate...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Nicole Freres 6 tunes mandoline music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Nicole Frères music box with rare "mandoline setting"
A beautiful and highly collectible Nicole Frères music box, featuring the rare and sought-after mandoline setting — a special t...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Musical 'Grand Tour' souvenir box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Musical souvenir box made in Switzerland in the 19th century for the German marker
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies. Indicated on the inside of the lid.
The case is made of met...
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1840s Swiss Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing Belini
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare keywind music box by Nicole Freres.
Playing 8 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet.
7 tunes by Bellini from the opera's Puritana, La Norma. 1 tune by Donizetti.
Althoug...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Antique French Palais Royal Mulberry Sewing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Northampton, GB
Louis XVIII (1814-1824)
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to introduce to the market this superb Palais Royal Mulberry Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of sarcophagus shape...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Cut Steel Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Cut Steel
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