Automata & Music Boxes

Divers Automates et Boites à Musique 

 

73 Singing bird in cage. Charles BONTEMS, circa 1900    (click on the title)

 

74 Music Box from Switzerland. end of 19th century.  (click on the title)

 

75 Jewelry Box. REUGE music movement.
Old box in red tan in use, the inside of which is padded with matching silk. Music movement replaced by Reuge music, which does not match the label.

Lg : 170mm – lg : 115mm – Ht : 120mm

60/120 €

 

 

76 Musical box in the shape of a street organ.
This child toy in the shape of a grind organ carried on a shoulder (to be repaired) contains a music box driven by a crank. The façade is depicting a maritime landscape chromolithographied.

Lg : 210mm – lg : 135mm – Ht 155mm.

250/400 €

 

 

77 Discs Music Box. THORENS (Suisse) end of the 20th century.

Domed marquetry cover case containing the mechanism. With 3 discs.

Lg : 310mm – lg 225mm – Ht : 240mm

150/250 €

 

 

78 Automaton « Lady au face à main ». by FARKAS /MARCU, circa 1970.  (click on the title)

 

79 Automaton « Sérénade à la Mandoline » de G. VICHY circa 1880.  (click on the title)

 

80 Automaton « Conductor » - Contemporary made.

Contemporary automaton (china head and hands) animated by a music box from Cuendet.

Ht : 340mm – Lg : 185mm.

120/150 €

 

 

81 Automaton « La Gardeuse d’Oies » - Contemporary made.

Contemporary automaton of a young girl goose-keeper (china head and hands). both arms are moving.

Ht : 440mm – Lg : 360mm.

180/250 €

 

 

82 Automate « Violoniste » - Contemporary made.

Contemporary automaton depicting a violonist in folk dress. Wooden painted head, probably of re-use.

Ht : 320mm – Lg : 185mm.

120/180 €

 

 

83 Automate « Jeune Fille » - Contemporary made.

Contemporary automaton of a young girl (china head and hands). need regulating.

Ht : 380mm – Lg : 190mm.

120/150 €

 

 

84 Automate « La Cantatrice » - Contemporary made.

Contemporary automaton depicting a singer, during a concert. (china head and hands)

Ht : 390mm – Lg : 120mm.

120/180 €

 

 

85 Musical pictures album. circa 1890.

Orange velvet cover, decorated with a patch and pewter wedges on the first plate. The inner leaflets contain some old family pictures. In the thickness of the binding last plate, protected by a window, a music movement plays music when opening the album.

450mm – 270mm.

80/120 €

 

 

 

86 Naturalized European birds in a showcase.   (click on the title)

 

 

 

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