Antique Swiss roll Musical Box.
Rosewood inlaid & ebonized Musical Box. Rectangular body with movable lid, on the lid there is inlaid with many colored woods a family coat-of-arms between two Paradise birds. Inside some parts covered by glass and divide in sections. On the right side there is the manual starting handle which can adjust the running and the speed. The musical comb has 52 languages, drums, 4 bells and 10 different melodies.
Size. Inches 9.6 (24 cm) high; in. 21.08 (52.7 cm) long; 11.6 (29 cm) wide.
Provenance: Switzerland, late 19th century.
Reference: D. Bonhote "Quando le scatole musicali suonavano" in Auberson Museum in Switzerland.
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