Lot Essay
Accompanying this Lot is a letter and invoice from John E.T. Clark to the then owner, dated 1949, referring to some repairs carried out. Reference is made to Sir Henry Irving as a previous owner.
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Details
A mandolin changeable cylinder musical box by Bremond
No. 14256, with six six-air cylinders (numbered on the tune-sheet 55 - 60) with mainly operatic programmes, engine-turned spring barrel, governor-cock and case-fittings and inlaid case with bevelled corners, fixed on table with inlaid hinged flap over the cylinder drawer and turned legs -- 31½in. (80cm.) wide, the cylinders 13in (33cm.) (governor train defective, seven teeth broken or poorly repaired)
No. 14256, with six six-air cylinders (numbered on the tune-sheet 55 - 60) with mainly operatic programmes, engine-turned spring barrel, governor-cock and case-fittings and inlaid case with bevelled corners, fixed on table with inlaid hinged flap over the cylinder drawer and turned legs -- 31½in. (80cm.) wide, the cylinders 13in (33cm.) (governor train defective, seven teeth broken or poorly repaired)
Provenance
The collection of the late Grace Thompson.
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