Music boxes of C. Lecoultre with diamond shaped tune sheet

To oblige an agent, the exact name of the maker of Switzerland was often omitted!

Spieldosen / music boxes
N° 6143,
N° 6562,
N° 8897,
N° 36171,
N° 36474,
N° 36843,
N° 36916,
N° 37060,
N° 37414,
N° 37453,
N° 37500,
N° 37725,
N° 38139,
N° 38478,
N° 38496,
N° 38740,
N° 39166

N° 6143


Ebay 2022 Mar 1

N° 6562

Mermod Frères or C. Lecoultre?

N° 8897


C[harles] L[ecoultre]


N° 36171

Private ownership

N° 36474


Serial 36474, gamme 9027

Private ownership

N° 36843

 

Cyl. 27,5cm, width 50cm

N° 36916


Ebay 2024 Jan 30

N° 37060

C. Lecoultre


56 x 30 x 21cm


Ebay 2023 Aug 29

N° 37414


Agent: Millikin& Lawley, London


Cylinder 27 cm


45cm wide x 13.5cm tall



37717 is wrong, 37414 is correct


Ebay 2024 May 26

C. Lecoultre N° 37453


serial


gammee

[C. Lecoultre] N° 37500


62 x 29 x 24 cm


C. Lecoultre N° 37725


Mark of Charles Lecoultre on the cpmb?

C. Lecoultre N° 38496

N° 38139

A Fine Mandarin-Striker Bells-In-View Musical Box By Lecoultre & Perrelet

S/N 38139, Gamme No. 198,
single-spring motor and single-section comb,
the three painted cast metal Mandarin figures on lever-select each with turned hammers, striking the plain polished tuned bells mounted on liner-horizontal rack,
in ebonised interior, diamond-form buff tunesheet,
good figured rosewood veneered case with strung border sandwiching Kingwood crossbanding, repeated to the lid with central coromandal and stained fruitwood geometric inlay
27.1/2in. (70cm) wide, the cylinder 16in. (41cm)


 

N° 38478


N° 38740


serial


gamme

N° 39166

The sheet also bears the original retailer’s labels for ‘Thomas Fox – Gold & Silversmith, Jeweller & Optician, Red Lion St, Aylsham’, who was according the label a ‘Practical Geneva & English Watchmaker’.

Width: 23” / 58cm
Height: 11 ¾” / 30cm
Depth: 9” / 23cm

Nine bells engraved with flowers, all struck by bird strikers. The bells can be engaged and disengaged at will using the lever at the front left of the movement, next to the governor.

Housed in a lovely case with foliage inlays to both the front and lid, along with a mother-of-pearl butterfly accompanying the inlay to the lid. It also has stringing and tulipwood banding to the lid, front, and sides.