Lot Description

A Harmonipan thirty-three-note portable barrel organ
by Frati & Co, Schoenhauser Alleee 73, Berlin, the facade with nineteen visible flute pipes screened with interlaced coloured ribbons, above inlaid name-panel with brass medallions commemorating Exhibitions in Berlin (1879) and London (Crystal Palace, 1884), the plinth with floral and musical inlay and typical brass corner brackets, with Frati tune-sheet in lid listing eight tunes headed by Doppeladler March (Wagner) -- 22in. (56cm.) wide, late 19th century

Special Notice

This lot must be cleared by 2.00 p.m. on the Monday following the sale. If it is not cleared, it will be removed to the warehouse of:- Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road London W12 7JS Telephone: (020) 8735 3700 Facsimile: (020) 8735 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate, every week-day from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. An initial transfer and administration charge of £18.50 and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will be payable to Cadogan Tate. These charges are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.
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