Swiss music box, movement N° 610, with 9 sections with 6 und the treble section with 4 teeth, together 54+4=58 teeth
A rare miniature full mottled tortoiseshell relief-portrait musical snuffbox, circa 1820, Serial N° 610, unknown maker, playing two airs, 10-part sectional comb with 9 sections with 6 and 1 in 4 teeth, inset Geneva stop, on plain brass bedplate, under horn cover, in superb portrait case with a study of a side-on Romanesque hero in oval frame, radial tooled border, gold lid hinge, mother-of-pearl start/stop and change-repeat buttons to front. Case width: 2 3/4 inches (7cm), cyl: 1 3/4 inches (4.5cm)
Lot 99
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