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A Swiss station musical box
with interchangeable cylinder sublime harmony nickel-plated movement, two cylinders each playing six airs, accompanied by drum and six bells with bird and butterfly strikers, with five dancing figures in the foreground, zither attachment and double-spring motor with L-shaped centrifugal instant check and coin mechanism, in mirror-backed compartment with glazed door, tune-sheet (for one cylinder) in door and upright cabinet with lower compartment enclosed by two panelled doors, surmounted by (replacement) balustraded gallery -- 71in. (182cm.) high, the cylinders 13in. (33cm.), circa 1895 (2)
with interchangeable cylinder sublime harmony nickel-plated movement, two cylinders each playing six airs, accompanied by drum and six bells with bird and butterfly strikers, with five dancing figures in the foreground, zither attachment and double-spring motor with L-shaped centrifugal instant check and coin mechanism, in mirror-backed compartment with glazed door, tune-sheet (for one cylinder) in door and upright cabinet with lower compartment enclosed by two panelled doors, surmounted by (replacement) balustraded gallery -- 71in. (182cm.) high, the cylinders 13in. (33cm.), circa 1895 (2)