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A fine orchestral musical box,
No. 20296, playing twelve Chinese airs accompanied by optional drum, six bells (three with polychrome lacquered butterfly strikers and flower finials) and castanet, the nickel-plated movement with central fifteen-key organ section with pierced ebonised grille and lyre-form tune indicator, in rosewood veneered case with carrying handles, front and lid with floral-etched mirror glass panels bordered by ripple-and-wave beading, tulipwood crossbanded interior lid with recessed birdseye maple panel and clear-glass viewing window, the front with three bisque-headed dancing dolls in original costumes flanked by classical female gilt-metal profiles on silvered metal backplate -- 30½in. (77.5cm.) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm.), (extreme bass drum tip repaired, organ silent), for the Chinese market.
No. 20296, playing twelve Chinese airs accompanied by optional drum, six bells (three with polychrome lacquered butterfly strikers and flower finials) and castanet, the nickel-plated movement with central fifteen-key organ section with pierced ebonised grille and lyre-form tune indicator, in rosewood veneered case with carrying handles, front and lid with floral-etched mirror glass panels bordered by ripple-and-wave beading, tulipwood crossbanded interior lid with recessed birdseye maple panel and clear-glass viewing window, the front with three bisque-headed dancing dolls in original costumes flanked by classical female gilt-metal profiles on silvered metal backplate -- 30½in. (77.5cm.) wide, the cylinder 13in. (33cm.), (extreme bass drum tip repaired, organ silent), for the Chinese market.
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