A RARE GLORIA 18 3/8-INCH TABLE DISC MUSICAL BOX WITH ANGLED DOUBLE COMBS (ONE WITH EXTRA TREBLE SECTION), IN WALNUT CASE WITH FRETTED TOP BOARDS, MONOCHROME PRINT IN LID AND INLAID ROSEWOOD PANEL TOTOP, WITH TWENTY-FOUR DISCS (THREE TEETH OFF)

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A RARE GLORIA 18 3/8-INCH TABLE DISC MUSICAL BOX WITH ANGLED DOUBLE COMBS (ONE WITH EXTRA TREBLE SECTION), IN WALNUT CASE WITH FRETTED TOP BOARDS, MONOCHROME PRINT IN LID AND INLAID ROSEWOOD PANEL TOTOP, WITH TWENTY-FOUR DISCS (THREE TEETH OFF)

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THE GLORIA WAS MADE BY A CONSORTIUM OF THE BILLON-HALLER, AMI RIVENC AND LANGDORFF BUSINESSES. THE BILLON HALLER BUTTERFLY TRADE MARK APPEARS ON THE ZINC DISCS, WHICH ROTATE ANTI-CLOCKWISE AND HAVE TWO-PIECE PROJECTIONS COMBINING THE POLYPHON AND SYMPHONION DESIGNS IN ONE. WINDING IS ALSO ANTI-CLOCKWISE.

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