Antique Rosewood Swiss Music Box with Floral Marquetry Inlay, Circa 1890

47 Antique Regina Music Box Discs C1890 Measures - .25"H x 15.5"diam

Six antique Regina music box 16.5" discs 19th C Measures - 16.5"diam

An antique pair of Victorian parlor armchairs offer rosewood construction with carved floral crest over upholstered seat, arms and backs, raised on ca...

An antique Chinese low table offers rosewood construction with shaped picture frame marble top having beaded trim over deeply carved foliate ...

An antique primitive doll cradle offers walnut construction with shaped backboard, c1850 Measures - 9.25"h x 12.25"w x 22.75"d.

An antique Dutch marquetry display curio cabinet offers mahogany construction with arched form with double glass doors opening to shelved interior, satinwood inlay in floral design t...

Antique Swiss Music Box circa 1890.

Antique Swiss Continental marquetry inlay cylinder music box by A.V. Bornard. Item features interior glass cover, 8 songs, beautiful inlay, runs ...

Splendid Antique 19th century Swiss rosewood "Drums and Bells" working music box, circa 1880 Measures: 10" high closed 21" high open.  

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 music the box creates. Music boxes were at the height of fashion in the late 19th century and served as a status symbol for the European gentry. Switzerland was the birthplace of cylinder music boxes and home to the great majority of the most renowned manufacturers. This example, in its finely crafted English walnut case, boasts two combs, allowing the box to play in harmony for a richer, more complex song. This particular style, commonly referred to as a “station” or “showcase” box, was used to entertain guests in hotel lobbies, train stations and other similar public places, and as such would have been coin-operated. This example, however, does not accept coins. This, combined with its overall quality, complexity and beauty, indicates it was made for a private household of significant means. Today, these ingenious musical masterpieces are highly sought-after by collectors of musical automata...

A quality fruitwood case with a glass door allows for viewing the metal discs that play on this upright music box by Thorens of Switzerland. The set ...

Swiss cylinder four-song music box, ca. 1900, the works with model number "6187" and housed within a thuja wood and ebonized pearwood brass-mounted box, the interior lid with a litho...