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Period: 19th Century
Antique 19th Century Regency Grand Military Drum c.1820
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Regency grand military drum, dating to around the 1820. Made from wood, with brass stud work, this drum is painted with a Rule Britannia insignia. The top has a ...
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British Other Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

19th Century Swiss Gold Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
This early 19th century Swiss gold vinaigrette has the charming addition of a musical mechanism. The entire box is crafted of 14-karat yellow gold envelo...
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Swiss Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Gold, Enamel

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 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...
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Swiss Other Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

English Victorian Wall Gong
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass faux bamboo wall gong with diamond shaped fluted mahogany frame.
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

Sculptural Antique Folk Freestanding Wooden Drum with Leather Drumhead
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique wooden drum with leather drumhead. Sculptural and freestanding, this antique Indonesian wooden drum is a striking piece that effortlessly combines form and function. Toppe...
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Indonesian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Leather, Wood

19th Century French Signed Cow Bell with Original Leather Collar & Bronze Buckle
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the French countryside into your home with this beautiful, patinated metal antique bell from the Alps mountains of France. Crafted, circa 1880, the rustic bell is signed MLD Ch...
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French Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Bronze

Pueblo Indian Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Pueblo drum. From a private New York State historical society. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century. Origin: New York Size: 6" D x 6" H ...
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American Native American Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Hide

Old Tibetan Bronze Bell or Cymbal
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique Bronze bell or Cymbal, hand hammered - Tibet - half XIX century - can be hung from the ceiling, hanging and hitting it. CYMBAL is a percussion instrument. Now it is used in m...
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Tibetan Tibetan Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Bronze

Old Tibetan Bronze Bell or Cymbal
Old Tibetan Bronze Bell or Cymbal
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Mermod Fréres Station Cylinder Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptionally wonderful and rare automaton cylinder musical box by the Mermod Fréres firm of Sainte-Croix, Switzerland is a marvel of musical crafts...
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Swiss Other Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Walnut

Old Brass Ships Dinner Hand Bell A Great piece made in solid brass
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Old Brass Ships Dinner Hand Bell A Great piece, the bell is made in solid brass with the unusual addition of a riveted decoration and it has a beautiful teak turned handle The be...
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Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

Museum Lyre Grand Piano by J.C Schleip Berlin from 1825, Empire
Located in Berlin, DE
Lyre piano attributed to Johann Christian Schleip, Berlin, around 1825, case veneered with mahogany, upper part in the form of a large lyre with 7 wooden sides (lyre), cover and chee...
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German Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Bronze

Pair of Antique Cello Cases on Modern Stands
Located in Water Mill, NY
Similar pair of antique wood cello cases on custom-made modern stands, placed as sculptures.
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Unknown Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

Antique English Brass Dinner Bell with Ebonized Handle.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Brass Dinner Bell with Ebonized Handle.
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English Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

Antique English Victorian Brass Desk Bell, Circa 1880-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Brass Desk Bell, Circa 1880-1890.
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

Northern Plains Parfleche Bonnet Case
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains parfleche bonnet case with original long fringe. Old smoke from the teepee. Period: circa 1870 Origin: Northern Plains Size: Case 19" ...
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American Native American Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Hide

Bates Pianoforte Circa 1825 Carved Baluster Leg 78 Note Fabric Panel
Located in Leeds, GB
Circa 1825, Bates pianoforte. Name plaque in a calligraphy font, sits above the keyboard surrounded by wooden beading. The tall cabinet features a rectangular, cut-out front panel that acts as a sound...
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English Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Fabric, Wood

Antique Print of Johannes Brahms, a German Composer, Pianist & Conductor, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Johannes Brahms'. Portrait of Johannes Brahms. Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Artists and Engraver...
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Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Paper

Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre Once these along with scales were common place in Doctors Surgeries, Chemist ...
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Industrial Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Beech

Fine Antique William IV circa 1830 Hardwood Piano Stool with Decorative Base
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved William IV circa 1830 Hardwood Piano stool A very good looking and well-made piano stool, its exactly what collectors ar...
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English William IV Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Pueblo Indian Cottonwood Trunk Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pueblo Indian cottonwood trunk drum - it's old. Pueblo drum made from a hollowed out cottonwood trunk, old milk paint, - this one's been us...
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American Native American Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Wood

Antique Victorian Clariona Merritt Gally 14 Reed Pipe Organette Small Music Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Clariona Merritt Gally 14 Reed Pipe Organette Small Walnut Music Box. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 13.5" H x 12" W x 10" D.
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Unknown Other Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Walnut

Antique Victorian Hardwood Piano Stool with Decorative Base Height Adjustable
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand carved Victorian circa 1880 Piano stool with height adjustable top A very good looking and well-made piano stool, its quite w...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Tenor Flugelhorn
By V.F. Cerveny & S. - Hradec - Kralove
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tenor 4 cylinder flugelhorn - This tenor flugelhorn was made by V.F. Cerveny & S. - Hradec . Kralove - The Company was established in 1842 in Hradeh Kralove, Czech Republic. It was C...
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Czech Other Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass

8 Tambourines xix Century
Located in Madrid, ES
8 Tambourines XIX Century 8 TAMBOURINS XIX CENTURY COLLECTION OF 8 ANCIENT TAMBOURINS PAINTED IN OIL AND SIGNS DIAMETER MEASUREMENTS: THE SMALLEST 16 CM A...
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Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Bentwood

Antique Regina Disc Changing Oak Music Box
Located in Oakwood, GA
Antique Regina Disc Changing Music Box, Oak, 66.5"H Item: Upright Music Box Maker: Regina Age: 1890's Style: 8A Cabinet Material: Oak Color: Clear Number of Disc: 17 Dimensions: 66.5...
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American Victorian Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Glass, Wood, Oak

Musicians and Bajadere Dancers from Pondicherry, India, ca.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Bajaderen von Pondichery, Bajadères de Pondichery'. This print depicts musicians from Pondicherry, India. Europeans referred to exotic Indian dancers as...
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Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Paper

Print of Timorese Ladies Playing Harp & Drinking Tea in Kupang, Indonesia, 1825
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Coupang: Ile Timor. Divers Costumes.' - ('Coupang, Timor Island. Various costumes'). Three figures in the native dress of the Indonesian island Timor. A y...
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Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Paper

Unusual Crystal Palace Band Competition Painted Glass Certificate of Merit 1883
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual, possibly unique, historical Certificate of Merit awarded at the drum and pipe band contest held at Crystal Palace between 1880 and 1883 and awarded in 1883. The certificate is hand-painted on a rectangular sheet of milk glass and is painted as a hanging cloth banner...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Milk Glass

Carved oak framed dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late 19th century dinner gong, the circular gong suspended in an oak frame of naturalistic branch design with vacant cartouche surmounting between conforming uprights and downswept s...
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British Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Oak

Oak framed dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak-framed floor-standing diner gong and beater, the carved crest flanked by turned finials raised on carved pillars and turned stretcher below. Raised on scrolling legs. Dimensions ...
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British Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments

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Oak

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