LOT 196 (33181) Est R200 to R400 – A Vintage Swiss-made Rosewood and Veneer Music Box

Description

the rectangular-shaped body with hinged cover, featuring a fruitwood inlaid marquetry rose and leaf spray against a rosewood veneered ground, enclosed by satinwood bands, over a conforming front, side and back panels with curved, enclosing a glazed panel, over an inner recess housing the Guiessaz-Jaccard music box mechanism, which plays the famous tune of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik, fitted with a brass cylinder embellished with precisely placed steel pins, graduated steel comb and teeth, mainspring and barrel and governor (flywheel and speed regulator), all secured onto a brass bedplate, fastened by screws and pins. The box is raised on four lacquered gold painted feet (6 x 10.5 x 9cm)(Condition report: Age wearing and oxidation evident, in working order)