Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th century, ratchet wound mechanism, fitted with a 13 in. cylinder played by a single comb with 62 teeth; CHANGE/REPEAT and START/STOP levers; the painted case with lid's exterior having colored marquetry decoration, the interior with a chromolithograph tune list numbered 57845 in manuscript.
6 x 26-1/4 x 10-1/4 in.
Private Collection of Music Boxes, North Carolina Some scuffs and wear to case; lid with 7 in. crack and old fill to top; 17th tooth on comb lacking tip; the ratchet starts the mechanism.