Music boxes by Mojon Manger
N° 14036 A Fine Interchangeable 'Mandolin-Harpe-Expressive' Musical Box-On-Stand John Manger as maker (?) of rather as dealer! Four cylinders playing six airs each, neatly reproduced tunesheets for each according to the correct Gammes, double-spring motor and the three-part comb with three-quarter zither attachment, on reeded cast gilt bedplate in ebonised interior with John Manger silvered plaque to compartment under dustlid, in superbly figured butterfly-cut burr maple veneered case, quadruple strung borders, the domed lid with deeper tonal burr cuts and central inlaid cartouche of coromandel, mother-or-pearl and brass, ebonised moulded edges, sat upon turned columned stand with load-bearing stretchers, undertier with box containing the other cylinders, restored to superb condition 39 inches wide, the cylinders 17½ inches and their diameter 2½ inches
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