Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th April 2023

Lot 271

A SWISS WALNUT 'BELLS IN VUE' MUSICAL BOX

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

A SWISS WALNUT 'BELLS IN VUE' MUSICAL BOX

BY BARNETT HENRY ABRAHAMS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

with a 6 1/4in brass cylinder and three bells, with enamelled flowers and butterflies, stamped 'B.H.A.' playing ten airs, with a title card, in a crossbanded and ebonised case, the hinged lid inlaid with a basket of flowers

21.2cm high, 47cm wide, 27.5cm deep



Previously retailed through Rita Ford Music Boxes, New York