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Willenbacher & Rzebitschek Key-Wind Musical Box, c. 1870 Signed: "Willenbacher & Rzebitschek in Prag", playing 2 airs, 80-note comb with bass teet...

Interchangeable Musical Box by Nicole Frères, c. 1890 With 4 eight-air cylinders, 107 teeth in comb stamped "Nicole Frères" (complete), zither att...

3 Tabatière Musical Boxes, c. 1860–1900 1) 2-air movement in red transfer-decorated tin box (paint worn). – 2) 2-air movement in mahogany cigar bo...

3 Tabatière Musical Boxes, c. 1890 1) 3-air movement in thuya-veneered case with tune-sheet. – And: 2) A pair of 2-air movements in marquetry case...

Two-Per-Turn Large Manivelle Musical Box by Mermod Frères, c. 1900 No. 15, playing "The Mocking Bird" and "Old Folks at Home" on a single revoluti...

3 Tabatière Musical Boxes 1) Reuge 3/50, No. 1079 ACE, playing three hymns: ("Silent Night", "Adeste Fideles" and "Großer Gott wir loben Dich"), r...

Musical Tile with Bell Large polychrome majolica tile, on carved wooden base, with Swiss 8-air movement and table bell, size 12 ¼ x 12 ¼ in., work...

Composition Musical Snuff Box, c. 1860 Playing 2 airs, with single-piece comb and moulded lid depicting "Le Courage Malheureux", width 4 ¼ in. (11...

Original Musical Box Tuning Comb, c. 1900 Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, with 62 teeth, engraved sliding Ionian scale and wood sounding-board stamped ...

Empire Clock with Fusee Cylinder Musical Movement, c. 1820 With 4-inch enameled Arabic dial, two-train hour-repeater movement striking hours and h...

Cylinder Musical Box, c. 1890 No. 12553, playing 6 airs, with 122 teeth in comb (complete), cylindrical winding-lever and walnut case with inlaid ...

3-Bell Musical Box by Abrahams, c. 1895 Embossed signed on the bedplate "BHA" (for B.H. Abrahams), playing eight airs, with 43 teeth in comb (comp...

Musical Automaton Clock Picture of a Blacksmith's Shop by Xavier Tharin, c. 1880 Hand-colored lithograph of a cavernous room with sunlit landscape...

4 Musical Busts with Reuge Movements Handcarved busts of famous composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Verdi), with Swiss 1-air cylinder movemen...

Harp Harmonie Piccolo Musical Box with New York Label, c. 1890 No. 46212, playing eight airs including "The Little Tycoon" by Spenser, "Mandolina"...

3 Reuge 3/72 Musical Boxes 1) No. 37214, playing a gavotte and two airs by Mozart, with tune-sheet and walnut case. – 2) No. 32669, playing three...

"Buffet Tireline Symphonique Zither" Musical Box by Junod, c. 1890 No. 19160, playing twelve airs (two-per-turn), with coin-activated direct-drive...

Large Two-Per-Turn Musical Box by L'Epée, c. 1882 Sainte-Suzanne, France, No. 2761/9230, playing 24 popular, operative and dance airs on 12 rotati...

Sectional-Comb Musical Snuff Box, c. 1840 No. 20941, bedplate stamped "IT", playing "Yankee Doodle" and "There's More Luck About the House", with ...

Trio of Reuge 3/72 Musical Box Movements in Carved Indian Case Decorated with flowers, birds and silver relief on the lid, 12 in. (30 cm) wide. Ex...

Sublime Harmony Piccolo Musical Box, c. 1890 No. 39931, playing six popular airs including "The Mikado" by Sullivan, Gamme No. 66, with 35 teeth i...

Reuge 72-Note Musical Box for the Chinese Market Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, playing an oriental tune in 3 parts, in hardwood case with pierced bon...

Alternate-Tip Musical Box by Paillard, c. 1890 No. 6463, playing 12 airs including "La Jolie Parfumeuse, Quadrille" and "Voyage dans la Lune" by O...

16-Carat Gold Musical Sur-Plateau Snuff Box, c. 1820 Playing two airs, with 48 teeth arranged on both sides of disc (complete), in engine-turned g...

Group of Musical Novelties Mostly with Reuge movements. 1) Small and large Black Forest cottages. – 2) Large Mozart bust. – 3) Couple. – 4) 3 smal...

10 Carved Wood Musical Boxes Cases by "Anri", Italy, and from the Erzgebirge, GDR, with Swiss musical movements by "Reuge" and "Thorens", all move...

7 Carved Musical Chalets, 20th Century Including a "Suffolk Franklin Savings Bank", a barometer and two larger structures with 50-note movements b...

3 Musical Boxes by Thorens, 1940 onwards Switzerland. 1) 6-air musical box with inlaid rosewood-veneered case. – 2) 4-air musical box, AL 472, wit...

2 Musical Cigarette-Dispensers in the Form of Miniature Harmonia, c. 1890 1) Ebonized model with 2-air cylinder movement (working), simulated pipe...

2 Carved Musical Alarm Clocks, c. 1940 1) Interlaken, Switzerland, Heco 7-jewel movement with carved eagle and musical box playing "Für dich mein ...

2 Piano-Form Musical Boxes by Reuge Music Switzerland. 1) 3/72 movement, in inlaid case, width 11 in. (28 cm). – And: 2) 2/36 movement playing 2 s...

2 Carved Swiss Musical Fruit Bowls, 20th Century 1) With pierced vine-leaf decoration and 2-air musical movement, Ø 9 ½ in. (24 cm). – And: 2) Wit...

Unusual Pair of Christian Science Musical Boxes, c. 1940s/50s With Swiss cylinder movements playing "Shepherd, Show Me How to Go" and "O Gentle Pr...

2 Musical Drinking Items, 20th Century 1) Fred Zimbalist-type engraved cello-form musical flask with Thorens movement ("Humoresque") in the base, ...

Group of Musical Figures, 20th Century With movements by Reuge, Romance, Thorens and Sankyo, seven carved wood figures, a porcelain group depictin...

Large Organocle?de Piccolo Musical Box by Bremond, c. 1860 No. 494/7649, playing six airs on 'fat' cylinder, with 204 teeth in two combs (complete...

4 Small Swiss Musical Boxes Reuge CH 2/50 movement in jewelry box; Reuge CH 1/36 movement playing a Schubert serenade; Romance 1/36 movement playi...

10 Reuge and Romance 36-Note Mechanical Musical Movements, c. 1980 Reuge, Ste-Croix, Switzerland; 36 teeth, 1 air each, with following titles: "Br...

18 Reuge and Romance 36-Note Mechanical Musical Movements, c. 1980 Reuge, Ste-Croix, Switzerland; 36 teeth, 1 air each, with following titles: 6 x...

120 Reuge and Romance 18-Note Musical Movements, c. 1975 Swiss-made spring-driven musical box movements, including amongst others following titles...

7 Reuge CH 1/50 Movements, c. 1990 1) Ich liebe Dich. (Grieg) – 2) Spring Song. – 3) Lara's Theme. – 4) Wassermusik. (Händel) – 5) Edelweiß. – 6) ...

10 Reuge and Romance 36-Note Mechanical Musical Movements, c. 1980 Reuge, Ste-Croix, Switzerland. 36 teeth, 1 air each, with following titles: "Ma...

Large Mandoline Musical Box, c. 1880 No. 39430, possibly by Perrelet & Cie, playing eight airs, with two combs of 76 and 78 teeth (complete), comp...

Mercury-Glass Musical Decanter, c. 1900 With incised gilt decoration of flowers and ferns, stopper and two-air cylinder musical movement activated...

Viennese Musical Automaton Portico Clock, c. 1840 With enameled Arabic chapter ring, three-train movement striking hours and quarters on two bells...

"Ideal Soprano" Interchangeable Musical Box by Mermod Frères, c. 1895 With nine cylinders, 102 teeth in sublime harmony combs (complete), crank-wi...

"Tambour, Timbres, Castagnettes en Vue" Musical Box with Chinoiserie Automata, c. 1875 By B.A. Bremond, No. 434379, playing seven operatic airs an...

Picture Clock with Musical Movement Oil on sheet metal, depicting a courting couple in front of Mount Vesuvius, gilded frame, clock movement with ...

Viennese Musical Picture Frame Clock, c. 1860 With 5-inch (13 cm) enameled Roman dial, three-train grand-sonnerie movement striking on gong, two-a...

Mandolin Zither Musical Box by Auguste Perrelet & Co., c. 1880 Geneva, playing motifs from two overtures ("Wilhelm Tell" and "Pré aux Clercs") and...

Rare Key-Wind Grand Format Forte Piano Musical Box by Nicole Frères, c. 1845 No. 26868, playing 12 airs two-per-turn (Gamme No. 1060), with 115 te...

Harp Harmonie Piccolo Musical Box, c. 1890 No. 43940, playing 12 popular and operatic airs including "Telegramme Waltz No. 1", with 91 teeth in 2 ...

Key-Wind Musical Box, c. 1850 No. 4252, playing eight mainly operatic airs including "Puritani", "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "Othello", with 81 teet...

18-Carat Two-Color Gold Musical Fob, c. 1810 With single-air barillet musical movement wound anti-clockwise through suspension loop, decorated wit...

Musical Box in Chinoiserie Case by C. Paillard & Co., c. 1890 Playing 6 popular airs including "Nancy Lee" and "The Babies on our Block", with 46 ...

Mandolin Musical Box by Bremond, c. 1870 No. 12773, playing six airs, with 122 teeth in comb (complete), flat-topped winding lever, "BAB" stamp on...

Key-Wind Hidden Percussion Musical Box, c. 1855 Swiss musical box playing 6 tunes, with drum, spiral gong and zither attachment, 3-part comb: 10 d...

2 Early Musical Tabatière Movements, c. 1850 1) Two-air sectional-comb movement, No. 8278, bedplate stamped "CM", with teeth in groups of five, in...

Early Sectional-Comb Musical Movement, c. 1820 No. 2559, playing four airs, with 100 teeth in 25 groups of 4 (complete), bass teeth on the right, ...

Sewing Box with Musical Movement, c. 1900 Carved Black-Forest case with a pair of cuckoos on the top, 3 compartments, Swiss 2-air movement in the ...