Musical box with automata; late nineteenth century. Brass, bronze and carved wood. French-Swiss
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Musical box with automata; late 19th century.
Brass, bronze and carved wood.
French-Swiss machinery mounted on Spanish Alfonsino style furniture,
The machinery is in perfect condition, two combs are missing and there are faults on the rollers .
Electrified in later period.
In working order.
Measurements: 85 x 74 x 44 cm.
Modern music boxes could be of any size, from small enough to fit in a pocket to examples that took up the space of a piece of furniture. They were made by artisan watchmakers, and during the 19th century most of their production was concentrated in Switzerland. The first 18th-century cases used metal discs, the system being changed to cylinders after the Napoleonic wars.
This type of object was very popular from the 19th century onwards, with a great variety of models, factories, materials, etc., normally trying to hide the mechanism that moves them in order to surprise the spectator and often accompanied by a musical mechanism. However, they were always intended for the upper classes, since their construction and design required high quality and mastery due to the delicate machinery and materials chosen.
Brass, bronze and carved wood.
French-Swiss machinery mounted on Spanish Alfonsino style furniture,
The machinery is in perfect condition, two combs are missing and there are faults on the rollers .
Electrified in later period.
In working order.
Measurements: 85 x 74 x 44 cm.
Modern music boxes could be of any size, from small enough to fit in a pocket to examples that took up the space of a piece of furniture. They were made by artisan watchmakers, and during the 19th century most of their production was concentrated in Switzerland. The first 18th-century cases used metal discs, the system being changed to cylinders after the Napoleonic wars.
This type of object was very popular from the 19th century onwards, with a great variety of models, factories, materials, etc., normally trying to hide the mechanism that moves them in order to surprise the spectator and often accompanied by a musical mechanism. However, they were always intended for the upper classes, since their construction and design required high quality and mastery due to the delicate machinery and materials chosen.
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Musical box with automata; late nineteenth century. Brass, bronze and carved wood. French-Swiss
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