Music boxes of B. A. Bremond Early maker of multicylinder and, later, of interchangeable cylinder boxes Great number of extra large specialty boxes, with the best of accessories, often supplied in quite exotic furniture. Moreover, B. A. Bremond was for some years a City Councillor for Geneva Unlike all the other Geneva makers, Bremond had many changes of tune sheet design Inconsistent and intransparent serial numbers Dating extremely difficult (Bulleid, Technology, p. 10)
1.) no number, no year of fabrication known [1], [2] (mit drei (!) Ansichten auf der Deckelinnnenseite, [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] Interc drawer 3 rolls, 64 airs, 2.) Chronological according to the year of fabrication Ca 1850,
ca 1855,
after 1860,
ca 1871, 3.) Serial numbers Inconsistent, unsatisfactory and and intransparent N° 252, N° 2220, N° 6329, N° 8051, N° 8340, N° 8761, N° 9581, N° 9739 (Mandoline, Harp, 8 airs), N° 10113, N° 11584, N° 11718, N° 12136, N° 12560 (interchangeable), N° 13531, N° 13846, N° 13948, N° 14170, N° 14480, N° 4689, N° 15019, N° 16319, N° 16455, 16742, N° 17169, N° 17963, N° 18516, N° 19662, N° 19686, 19718, N° 20697, N° 20805, N° 20908, N° 21046, N° 21095, N° 24000, N° 24186, N° 25979, N° 26296, N° 25979, N° 36600, 37157, Longplay interchangeable Orchestre Flute (Mosoriak) 1.) No number, no year of fabrication known / [1] No number
[2] Drei Ansichten auf der Deckelinnenseite
[3]
Governor marked "BAB" for B.A. Bremond
Atlee Raber Auctioneer [4]
[5]
[6]
[7] Interc drawer 3 rolls, 64airs
[8]
Ca 1850
Ord-Hume, Musical boxes, plate 188 ca 1855
Several variants (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 13) After 1860
Dating from 1860-65 (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 17) After 1871
Custom-built, with dedication of 25th December 1878 Very comfortable Tune sheet Exquisite Escutcheon of the key hole Elaborate Escutcheon of the leverage Pretty Lyra of the Zither arrangement
Custom-built four-cylinder interchangeable, December 1886
Obviously for an important customer ===3.) Serial numbers Inconsistent, unsatisfactory and and intransparent=== N° 252
N° 2220
N° 6329
N° 8051
N° 8340, possibly Brémond: In a Swiss Chalet, 8 Air, Keywind, 77 teeth, Cyl. 27,5 cm, Ø 5,2 cm Paul Bellamy, The Cylinder Musical Box, p. 86, Figure 6 (Octaves and Intervals Used) N° 8761
N° 8761 Printed in red and black, made in the early 1870s. (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet N° 14) N° 9581
Private ownership N° 9739 / 232 / and a second number: 17160
N° 10113
N° 11584
N° 11718
N° 12136
N° 12560 (interchangeable)
N° 13531
N° 13846
N° 13948
N° 14170
N° 14480, in a Large Swiss Chalet Musical Box
Breker Auction Team, 2022 Nov 5, Lot 333 N° 15019
N° 16319
N° 16455
N° 16742
N° 17169
N° 17963
Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 16 N° 18516
N° 19686
Private ownership N° 19718
N° 20697
N° 20805
N° 20908
Privatbesitz, Kunst & Krempel, ORF II, 28. Dezember 2022 N° 21046
Nr. 21095
Nr. 24000
Nr. 24186
Nr. 25979
N° 26296
(Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 10) N° 37157
Diamond shaped tune sheets are used by both Lecoultre and Brémond, who had name engraved in lower margins, usually (as here) cut off (Ord-Hume, Musical Box, tune sheet no. 12) N° 12779324 of 1871
Mosoriak
The three dolls, two girls and one boy, are dressed in gaily-colored costumes. When the music box plays, the boy (in the middle) turns from right to left and left to right admiring first one and then the other girl doing a dance. The girls „dance“ turning to right and left and sometimes compleately around. The girldolls´ hair is human hair, one blonde and the other auburn. The dolls dance the entire time the music plays. The six bells are gold-plated or brass. Dolls are 3 ½ inches high; the cylinder is 11 inches long. The music box plays eight selections, and is 24 ½ inches long, 12 ½ inches deep and 12 inches high. It bears no maker´s name, but on the dial appear: Spiel (play); Still (stop); Wechselt (change); Wiederholt (repeat). (Mosoriak plate 32, p. 144) Mosoriak p. 144
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