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    Mechanical Music, Automata, Dolls and Doll's Houses

    London, South Kensington

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    25 May 2004

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    • A lever-wind musical box by Ni
    Lot 691 A

    A lever-wind musical box by Nicole Frères

    Price realised

    GBP 956

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    A lever-wind musical box by Nicole Frères
    No. 42809, playing four operatic airs by Offenbach, Verdi and Rossini, (Gamme No. 2314), the comb stamped Nicole Frères, in grained case with replica tune-sheet and boxwood stringing to the figured walnut veneered lid -- 15½in. (40cm.) wide, the cylinder 8¼in. (20.8cm.), (three teeth repaired)

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