Bremond Eight-air Cylinder Musical Box

Description:

Bremond Eight-air Cylinder Musical Box, Geneva, Switzerland, c. 1875, 15-in. brass cylinder, single comb, jeweled governor stamped B.A.B., crank arm reading 6172, tune sheet attached to lid reading in part Sacred Music, all housed in a grain-painted rosewood case the top inlaid with a mother-of-pearl butterfly, box lg. 23 1/4 in.
Estimate $600-800

plays well, clean, no broken teeth, restoration invoices from Rita Ford in 1975


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