Lot 186
 

A FINE AND RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY SWISS INTERCHANGABLE MUSIC BOX PLAYING THIRTY TWO AIRS ON FOUR CYLINDERS BY B.A. BREMOND, GENEVA, NO. 20482 the large amboyna, boxwood and ebonised strung case with rounded corners and moulded base, fitted with a drawer to the base containing the three further interchangeable cylinders, the single section comb with lyre shaped selection lever to the interior under a glazed dust lid, with a plaquette signed ‘B.A. BREMOND MANUFACTURER GENEVA SWITZERLAND’, the four cylinders each playing eight tunes, listed on the original maker’s card also numbered 20482,  111cm wide Currently in working order but not fully tested or guaranteed. Provenance: The music box was given to the present owner's great grandmother, Lady Cornwallis of Linton Park, Kent by her husband and was inherited through the family.

Sold for £5,400

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