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Large perforated plate music box with 14 plates. Symphonion.
Marked factory, serial no. 356450. around 1900.
Walnut veneered and solid, printed mock marquetry. 26 x 54 x 46 cm, Ø plates 38 cm. 19.8 + 3.8 kg.
"Music box" with vegetal ornament in the attached cassette on the hinged lid as well as insert crank and pull lever on the sides. Glazed grid print "Symphonion" in the lid with putti playing music. Musical mechanism with gold-bronzed, partly fluted cast iron base plate, reed comb and central drive. "Symphonion" marked plates, e.g. Künstlerleben, Wiener Bürger Walzer, Ungarischer Tanz etc. Functioning. 1 small veneer repair, otherwise minimal signs of age/use, plates often rusty.
1 key.
Provenance : Collection estate from North Rhine-Westphalia.
Collection required.
Call time 26 | Feb. 2025 | probably 16:33 (CET)