MUSICAL BOXES
A Laurencekirk burr-wood snuff box
Details
A Laurencekirk burr-wood snuff box
with early single-piece comb movement playing two airs, No.789 the case with integral hinge, tortoiseshell interior and mother-of-pearl inset in lid --3½in. (9cm.) wide, circa 1825 (repair to bass end of comb)
See Colour Plate 2
with early single-piece comb movement playing two airs, No.789 the case with integral hinge, tortoiseshell interior and mother-of-pearl inset in lid --3½in. (9cm.) wide, circa 1825 (repair to bass end of comb)
See Colour Plate 2