Stella Swiss tabletop disc music box, manufactured by Mermod Freres, wind up mechanism on right side with speed control mechnism. Serial #51582 and additionally marked #126. Housed in a mahogany veneered case having carved sides and molded base with an inlaid top, embossed metal handles and storage drawer for additional discs. J. CH. DETMERING / […]
Lot 787: 9 Bell Swiss Cylinder Music Box
Swiss interchangeable cylinder music box, burlwood case with satinwood inlay and ebonized trim. Interior with small landscape portrait above the lift top glass door. Fitted with a steel comb and a lever winding mechanism marked with the serial #17403 and 9 bells with bee strikers and gilt birds mounted on four of the bells. Box […]
Lot 783: 12 Air Orchestral Swiss Cylinder Music Box
Swiss orchestral cylinder music box, playing 12 musical selections or airs with 11" cylinder. Five bells with enameled bee and butterfly strikers, flower mounts and drum. Retains the original tune indicator and zither attachment. Cylinder plate marked "3352". Housed in an inlaid mahogany case with ebonized interior. Fully functional with all teeth present on comb. […]
Lot 784: Swiss Cylinder Music Box w/ Marquetry Inlay
Swiss cylinder music box, 15" cylinder playing one musical selection or air. Marked "51419" on cylinder plate and handle. Housed in a burlwood and walnut case with ebonized corners and marquetry inlay depicting musical instruments to the top and front of case, ebonized interior. Fully functional. 8 1/2" H x 30 1/2" W x 13 […]
Lot 781: Kalliope Music Box w/discs inc. Silent Night, plus Bird Automaton
Two (2) musical items plus 14 discs including "Silent Night," 16 items total. 1st item: German Kalliope Musikwerke tabletop disc music box, Leipzig, Germany, serial #106612. Fitted for 7" discs with crank wound center and four bells. Serial number marked on disc arm and on top of works underside. Includes fourteen (14) discs, among them […]
Lot 782: Imperial Symphonion Music Box w/ Stand & 42 Disks
Imperial Symphonion disc music box, marked under the disc "Symphonion Mfg. C. NY" and numbered #15913. Single comb with wind up lever to the side. Mahogany case with lithograph to lid interior. Box fully functional. Fitted with a conforming mahogany veneered stand with doors for disc storage. Forty-two (42) 15" discs included. Box – 11" […]
Lot 778: Seth Thomas Chronometer and Chelsea Ship Bell Clock, 2 items
Two (2) timepieces, nautical and railroad interest. 1st item: Chelsea Ship's Bell Nautical Clock, circular brass mounted in wooden case, retains key. Dial – 4 7/8" dia. Overall – 6 1/4" H x 8 1/4" W x 3 3/4" D. Mid 20th century. 2nd item: Early Seth Thomas Chronometer Lever Number 5004 Locomotive clock with […]
Lot 779: Lyon & Healy Harp
American parcel gilt concert pedal harp, signed “Lyon & Healy/Chicago Makers U.S.A./No. 1263/Manufactured under five Patents”. Fruitwood frame with giltwood neck, knee, column, and footed base with seven pedals. Giltwood elements decorated with neoclassical motifs including Greek keys, acanthus leaves, and a column in the Ionic form. Soundboard with painted gilt foliate decorations. 69 1/4″ […]
Lot 780: Swiss Music Box on Stand w/ Interchangeable Cylinders
Swiss cylinder music box on stand. Rectangular inlaid rosewood case with ebonized corners and edges, atop a stand of inlaid rosewood with one center drawer that stores two of the three 13″ interchangable cylinders, all on tall ebonized turned legs. Interior fitted with a glass protective lid and a 13-inch cylinder music lever mechanism. Lever […]
Lot 776: Brandis Transit Surveyor, 2 Stanley Sextants, & Gimbaled Compass, 4 items
F. E. Brandis and Sons transit surveyor, 2 Stanley sextants, and Gimbaled Compass, 4 items total. 1st item: F.E. Brandis and Sons, Brooklyn, New York, No. 3036, brass surveyor's transit level compass, steel dial with engraved name "F.E. Brandis & Sons M'F'G Co/Brooklyn, N.Y./3036", engraved fleur-de-lis at North, two intact leveling vials, and a vernier […]