Symphonion Musikwerke, Leipzig - 'Rococo' No. 25C disc musical box, No. 485723, circa 1895-1900, retailer's label of 'Campbell & Co, 116 Trongate, Glasgow', the movement with two complete combs on textured cast bed-plate, in pressed walnut-effect bombé case decorated with swags, flowers, musical trophies and dancing figures, the lid interior green velvet-lined, with circular coloured pictorial lithograph, 48cm x 40cm x 26cm high (losses to feet), sold with winding crank and approximately twenty discs
For similar lots sold by Auction Team Breker of Koln / Cologne, see 26th March 2022 lot 484 and 16th September 2022 lot 606.
Symphonion Musikwerke, Leipzig - 'Rococo' No. 25C disc musical box, No. 485723, circa 1895-1900, retailer's label of 'Campbell & Co, 116 Trongate, Glasgow', the movement with two complete combs on textured cast bed-plate, in pressed walnut-effect bombé case decorated with swags, flowers, musical trophies and dancing figures, the lid interior green velvet-lined, with circular coloured pictorial lithograph, 48cm x 40cm x 26cm high (losses to feet), sold with winding crank and approximately twenty discs
For similar lots sold by Auction Team Breker of Koln / Cologne, see 26th March 2022 lot 484 and 16th September 2022 lot 606.
Auction: Summer Specialist Sale, 13th Jun, 2024
Our Summer Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors
Highlights included an Austral Islands Cheif's staff £15,500, a Large Minton majolica elephant four-branch candelabrum centrepiece £6,200, an Asscher cut diamond (approx. 4.5 carats) platinum ring £11,500, The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, K.C.S.I £12,500, and an early 19th century double-sided micromosaic table box £11,000.
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