"AUTUMN OFFERINGS" FROM KEITH HARDING'S
A SELECTION OF QUALITY ANTIQUE MUSICAL BOXES, CLOCKS AND AUTOMATA, CHOSEN FROM OUR LARGE STOCK AND RECOMMENDED AS SPECIAL PRESENTS FOR SOMEBODY REALLY SPECIAL.
The antique musical boxes we offer for sale are internationally renowned for the exceptionally high quality of their appearance and their musical performance. All the items listed below have been carefully selected for their potential quality and then put into the most superb possible condition in our world famous workshops. They are ready for immediate dispatch to our satisfied customers in all parts of the world. All prices are inclusive, and every effort is made to give good value and service.
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No.
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Description
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Price in UKP
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M2218
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Early key wound Nicole Freres number 17724 playing six ballads on 26.5cm. cylinder and original tune card. Comb stamped "F. Nicole". Plain fruit wood case with no end flap over the controls. Geneva c. 1837. |
£2,850
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S1222
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Six air musical box, probably by Baker Troll, Geneva, (no tune card) Serial number 6997, c.1875, lever wound, 21.8cm. cylinder, red interior, floral marquetry on rosewood lid. Excellent tone and musical arrangements. |
£2,900
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S1219
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Dawkins/Bremond six air, original coloured tune card, 15.5cm. cylinder, simulated rosewood case with boxwood lines. |
£1,950
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S1220
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Large upright coin operated Symphonion style 92 in a superb walnut case with the name inlaid in brass, with original base containing discs 25" diameter, and a gallery. 192 teeth in the two opposed music combs |
Price on application
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S1221
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Rare autochange Polyphon with sixteen bar type bells and a rack for ten discs, with a tune selector in the front. Coin operated. Fully overhauled |
Price on application
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M2211
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Large organ box by Samuel Troll of Geneva, 17 key double reed organ, 8 light operatic airs listed on original card, 33cm. cylinder, good floral marquetry. |
£4,950
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M2210
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Key wound Lecoultre 12 airs alternate tips, original key and tune card, no.23309 c.1850. Case with end flap and marquetry |
£2,950
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M2209
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"Bells, drum and castanets visible" musical box, 10 popular airs listed on coloured Isle Rousseau tune card, Geneva, 33 cm. cylinder, Marquetry lid |
£4,950
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K2170
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Rare 50cm. disc table Polyphon, two combs 118 notes as in the upright model, superb case with carved mouldings, shaped figured walnut panels and marquetry panel on the lid, as in 15_ duplex (see M2214). This beautiful instrument comes with its original table with four turned legs at the corners supporting shelves for the discs. |
£8,500
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S1218
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Good Paillard Vaucher Fils 12 airs, original card, c.1884, 33cm. cylinder, zither, rosewood lid with simple floral marquetry |
SOLD
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S1215
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Style 42R table Polyphon, serpentine walnut case, 58 tooth comb, supplied with ten discs 11_" (28.1cm.) and winding handle. |
£4,995
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S1217
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Nicole Freres "Mandoline" musical box no. 50201, gamme 2574, 34.5cm. cylinder, 12 operatic airs listed on original card, marquetry on rosewood |
£3,950
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M2202
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Portable street barrel organ signed Thibouville Lamy but probably made by Marenghi of Paris c.1905, 17 key action, 6 airs including Champagne Charlie, three ranks of pipes (two metal one wood), rosewood veneered case, leather carrying strap. |
£7,500
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M2084
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Eight day long case clock, the 13" painted dial signed "Albino, Bourton-on-the Water", with seconds hand and date sector, circa 185. Oak and mahogany. |
£4,500
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S1212
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Early "dog model" gramophone, the Gramophone and Typewriter company model number 3, with original brass horn and concert soundbox. Overhauled. |
£1,950
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M2200
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Lecoultre musical box, original key, six dance tunes listed on original tune card, cylinder 22cm., rosewood lid, lid and front inlaid boxwood lines. |
£2,400
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M2195
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High quality Victorian mahogany trunk dial wall clock, English, dated 1849, the 14 inch white dial with cast brass bezel, five pillar double fusee movement striking on double gong, probably by Thwaites. 68.5cm. (27") high. |
£2,900
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M2187
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Very impressive Bremond mandoline musical box, large 41.5cm. cylinder, eight airs, original tune card. Superb case veneered rosewood on lid and three sides with king wood banding, and elaborate marquetry in coloured woods on ebony grounds, musical trophies on the lid, floral front. |
£3,950
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S1210
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Impressive upright coin operated POLYPHON, model 105, with 10 discs 62.5cm. (24_ inch), walnut case with gallery and good reproduction disc bin. |
£12,500
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M2217
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Upright coin operated POLYPHON, supplied with ten discs each 19_ (50cm.) diameter, in a walnut case with turned front legs, complete with coin drawer and original pediment. A matching disc bin can be supplied if required |
Special price;
only £8,500
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More Boxes Here
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We also stock a number of choice musical automata, such as
A violin playing clown
A ballerina by Rouillet et Decamps,
A smoking Turk by Lambert
Several singing birds in cages
A banjo player by Gustave Vichy
other instruments for sale include
a Faventia barrel piano on a cart with an awning
a barrel piano orchestrion |
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