Lot Essay
By tradition this music box was used to call guests at Faringdon into dinner during Lord Berners' tenure.
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PROPERTY FROM FARINGDON HOUSE, OXFORDSHIRE, LOTS 1-145
A SWISS WALNUT-CASED AND ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD INLAID 'STELLA DISC' MUSICAL BOX
RETAILED BY J.F.MÜLLER, THE PATENT DATED 1885, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A SWISS WALNUT-CASED AND ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD INLAID 'STELLA DISC' MUSICAL BOX
RETAILED BY J.F.MÜLLER, THE PATENT DATED 1885, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The top and interior of lid inlaid with floral marquetry; together with seventeen various 'Stella discs'
The box: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep
RETAILED BY J.F.MÜLLER, THE PATENT DATED 1885, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The top and interior of lid inlaid with floral marquetry; together with seventeen various 'Stella discs'
The box: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep
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Celia Harvey