Lot Essay
A pencil inscription under the box reads '72457 - 4927 - M.J.P & Co - 19-12-71'.
Details
A changeable cylinder Expressive musical box,
No. 13457, with three cylinders playing eight airs each (dance, operatic and popular/patriotic programmes), ribbed brass bedplate, cylinder locking levers fixed by thumbscrews, tune-sheet with Paillard & Co., New York sticker, rosewood case with bevelled corners, inlaid front and lid and matching plinth base with cylinder drawer, possibly originally with pad feet or legs -- 35 in. (89 cm.) wide overall, the cylinders 13 in. (33 cm.)
No. 13457, with three cylinders playing eight airs each (dance, operatic and popular/patriotic programmes), ribbed brass bedplate, cylinder locking levers fixed by thumbscrews, tune-sheet with Paillard & Co., New York sticker, rosewood case with bevelled corners, inlaid front and lid and matching plinth base with cylinder drawer, possibly originally with pad feet or legs -- 35 in. (89 cm.) wide overall, the cylinders 13 in. (33 cm.)