Antique Swiss Rosewood Inlaid Six-Tune Cylinder Music Box 19th C

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

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

Antique Jacob Strainer Violin, Bow & Case, 19th C Measures- 31''H x 11''W x 4.5''D

A antique painting offers oil oil on canvas portrait of Mary Magdalene, framed, 19th C Dimensions - overall 41.25"h x 36.5"w x 3.75"d; sight 25.25" x 30.75"

An antique Gothic kneeling bench offers oak construction with carved Gothic elements and velvet upholstered cushion, memorial plaque as photographed, 19...

An antique dresser box offers bronze construction with micro mosaic top having floral decoration, 19th century Measures - 3.25"h x 6"w x 1.75"d C...

19th C. Antique Swiss Cylinder Roll Music Box 6 Tune Airs with Inlaid Case and Works Very Nicely. Circa 19th Century. Measurements: 5.25" H x 16.75" W x 7.5" D.

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...

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...

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

This is a 19th century Swiss cylinder carved music box on a table by Mermod Freres. The maker’s mark is in a silver color shield shaped metal at the righ...

Made in Switzerland in approximately 1850, this key wind brass cylinder music box is set in a burled walnut case with an inlaid shield in the top and has a gl...