$7,050
Organocleide Musical Box by Bremond, No. 6416, playing The Last Rose of Summer and five airs from La Traviata , La Favorite and Il Trovatore , with two-piece comb (mandoline teeth in groups of up to six across three-quarters of the length), flat-topped winding lever and tune-sheet, in rosewood veneered case with red interior, two-piece inner lid with glazed hand-tinted view of Geneva flanked by floriate-pierced grilles, front and lid with inlaid brass, kingwood and mother-of-pearl cartouches in borders of ebony and alternating brass and mother-of-pearl florets, wd. 28 in., cylinder 17 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03