Antique 12 Air, Six Bells and Drum Rosewood Musical Box, circa 1890

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Antique 12 Air, Six Bells and Drum Rosewood Musical Box, circa 1890

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An absolutely fantastic antique Swiss 13 inch cylinder musical box playing 12 airs with 6 bells in view, butterfly hammers and a central drum, circa 1880 in date. This musical box was made by the renowned maker Karrer of Teufenthal, Switzerland. The movement and the music sheet stamped 5482, and the interior of the movement is stamped Karrer, Teufenthal. The superb and decorative burr walnut and floral marquetry case is crossbanded in kingwood,decorated with floral marquetry and fitted with gilt ormolu mask head ring handles. The original pictorial music sheet is attached to the inside of the lid showing the list of tunes the muscial box plays : Tambour Timbres 1. Home sweet home - Sinclair 2. Guillaume Tell. Tyrolienne - Rossini 3. Guillaume Tell. O Mathilde - Rossini 4. Tommy Morgan 5. La Fille de Madame Angot. Cheur des Conspirateurs - Lecocq 6. Les Cloches de Corneville. Chanson - Planquette 7. God bless the Prince of Wales - Richard 8. Madame Favart. Chanson - Offenbach 9. Nancy Lee - Adams 10. Carmen Marche - Bizet 11. Pinafore. I'm called little butter cup - Sullivan 12. Grand Fathers Clock - Work Condition: It has been beautifully restored and is in perfect working order. Dimensions in cm: Height 26 x Width 60 x Depth 33 Dimensions in inches: Height 10 inches x Width 2 feet x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch Karrer Ludvig R. Karrer's business started in Teufenthal, Switzerland, nearly 20 miles south-east of Bern in 1854, with the help of his sons and brother. One distinguishing Karrer patent, which was added in 1881, is the vertical folding crank-drive which makes it possible to wind the spring one turn by winding the crank one turn The proportions of the case are broad and, technically, the reasonable sound and good arrangements accompanies the unusual two-comb format which produces Mandoline-Harpe-Piccolo. Very few musical boxes by this maker have come to light in the United Kingdom in recent times and there are less than 15 recorded on the MBSGB register at the time this catalogue of sale has gone to press. Literature: 'Musical Box Oddments No. 117', H. A. V. Bulleid, pp188-191 - The Music Box, Volume 23, No. VI, Summer 2008 Music box (also musical box) is a 19th/20th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons à musique. Some of the more complex boxes also have a tiny drum and/or small bells, in addition to the metal comb. For most of the 19th century, the bulk of music box production was concentrated in Switzerland, building upon a strong watchmaking tradition. The first music box factory was opened there in 1815 by Jérémie Recordon and Samuel Junod. There were also a few manufacturers in Bohemia and Germany. By the end of the 19th century, some of the European makers had opened factories in the United States. The cylinders were normally made of metal and powered by a spring. In some of the costlier models, the cylinders could be removed to change melodies, thanks to an invention by Paillard in 1862, which was perfected by Metert of Geneva in 1879.[citation needed] In some exceptional models, there were four springs, to provide continuous play for up to three hours. Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, mother of pearl, pewter, brass silver or shell) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing shell and brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs. Our reference: 06260

Dimensions:
Height: 10.24 in (26 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 13 in (33 cm)
Place of Origin:
Switzerland
Period:
1890-1899
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1890
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 062601stDibs: LU95064407773