Chapter 10 Top: Banderole Fabrique de Genève, center: unidentified triangle shaped graphem Unknown maker
[2] Drum, Bells With Bird And Butterflies, Castanets and Bellow Organ [1]
60 airs, ten 7¼" cylinders Highly polished case with kingwood crossbanding, case width 64cm, the whole complete with nine interchangeable cylinders (one of the original ten is missing), all housed in later made walnut two drawer cabinet on stand. Agent: J. R. Losada of Regent Street, London Spanish watchmaker Jose Rodriguez Losada (1801 – 1870) was exiled to London due to his liberal military past during the Liberal Triennium. The Committee for Aid to Emigrants in London secured him a job as a cleaner at a watchmakers shop where he soon learnt the trade and eventually inherited the business. The Regent Street shop was opened in 1835. He produced chronometers for the Spanish Navy as well as celebrated pocket watches (sabonetas). In 1866 he donated the Casa de Correos clock in Madrid's Puerta Del Sol to the Madrid City Council free of charge - this clock still takes centre stage for Madrid residents and visitors at midnight on New Year's Eve.
[2] Drum, Bells With Bird And Butterflies, Castanets and Bellow Organ
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