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Geneva, Mar 20, 2010
LOT 319
Reuge musical box Reuge, à Sainte Croix, Cartel Sublime Harmonie, No. A.2083. Made circa 1970. Very fine, burr-walnut, kingwood and ebonised musical box playing four airs : Vivaldi?s Four Seasons, Liszt?s Hungarian Rhapsody, Verdi?s La Traviata and Bizet?s Carmen. To be sold without reserve
CHF 3,600 - 5,000
USD 3,300 - 4,500 / EUR 2,500 - 3,500
Sold: CHF 5,520
C. Rectangular with serpentine sides, veneered with burr-wanut and with kingwood inlay, ebonised molded lid and base, the interior with hinged glazed cover over the movement, tune sheet on the underside of the lid. M. 35 x 11 cm., brass bed, large going barrel with crank winding handle, 27 cm. pinned brass cylinder playing four airs on two tuned steel combs with 144 teeth, brass fly governor, tune indication on a brass scale, change/repeat and play/stop levers to the side. Movement signed.Dim. 52 x 22 x 15 cm. In excellent condition
