A RARE MUSICAL NECESSAIRE, THE SUR-PLATEAU MOVEMENT WITH TWO-SETS OF SEVENTEEN SEPARATE TEETH, FOUR-WING GOVERNOR AND MALE WINDING KEY, IN BURRWOOD CASE WITH FACETED LID WITH CENTRAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAY, INTERNAL MIRROR AND SILVER HINGE AND LOCK PLATES, CONTAINING IMPLEMENTS AND (LATER) WHITE METAL THIMBLE --5¼IN. (13.5CM.) WIDE, CIRCA 1810

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A RARE MUSICAL NECESSAIRE, THE SUR-PLATEAU MOVEMENT WITH TWO-SETS OF SEVENTEEN SEPARATE TEETH, FOUR-WING GOVERNOR AND MALE WINDING KEY, IN BURRWOOD CASE WITH FACETED LID WITH CENTRAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAY, INTERNAL MIRROR AND SILVER HINGE AND LOCK PLATES, CONTAINING IMPLEMENTS AND (LATER) WHITE METAL THIMBLE --5¼IN. (13.5CM.) WIDE, CIRCA 1810

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A VERY SIMILAR MOVEMENT BY PIQUET ET MEYLAN, FITTED IN A GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, IS ILLUSTRATED, ORD-HUME, MUSIC BOX, PLATE 18. THE DISC PLAYS ONE TUNE, PINNED ON BOTH SIDES FOR THE ALTERNATELY-ARRANGED UPPER AND LOWER TEETH.

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