A NICOLE FRERES MUSICAL BOX the case having inlay to the rosewood lid in various woods, depicting

A NICOLE FRERES MUSICAL BOX the case having inlay to the rosewood lid in various woods, depicting a Classical head surrounded by decoration, with satinwood crossbanding and boxwood, the 9¼ inch ‘fat’ cylinder allows for two tunes per revolution and therefore allowing better quality in the playing, having a winding lever to one side and three levers to the other for ‘stop/start’ and ‘change/repeat’ and ‘stop’ and stamped ‘Nicole Freres a Geneve’ on the brass bed along with the serial number ‘41439’, the tune sheet lists the ten airs along with the gamme number ‘2021’ (this being the maker’s index number for tuning the comb) and the wording Fabrique de Nicole Freres, 41439’ a further label gives the retailer as ‘Imhof & Mukle, 110, New Oxford Street, London’ whilst another label gives them as importers at 547, Oxford Street, height 15cm, width 46cm