Lot 1291 , A late 19th century Swiss rosewood inlaid cylinder music box by Nicole Freres, playing twelve airs on one hundred and twenty-nine teeth, barrel 31cm wide, case 53cm wide, 22.5cm deep, 17cm high

A late 19th century Swiss rosewood inlaid cylinder music box by Nicole Freres, playing twelve airs on one hundred and twenty-nine teeth, barrel 31cm wide, case 53cm wide, 22.5cm deep, 17cm high
£200-300

Condition:
Rosewood top one small inlaid boxwood section missing; grained finish to box itself; box front, back and one side woodwormed; no key. Simgle-piece comb without damage to teeth; stamped Nicole Freres; brass frame stamped Nicole Freres a Geneve and numbered 37826. Mechanism needs a kick to get it started but plays tunefully. Condition of cylinder pins unknown; also unknown as to whether the tunes played accord with the tunesheet.

Sold for £400