B A BREMOND OF GENEVA (1858-1916)

SOR12.

12.50 inch wide   24.00 inch high   9.75 inch deep

31.75 cm wide  60.96 cm high  24.76 cm deep

Very good

O/S 12. A swiss cylinder musical box with drums and bells by B.A.Bremond, circa 1890.

Th lever wound movement, with a three section comb, is numbered 1877. It plays 8 airs (tunes), three of which are :- Stradella Overture; Voice La Sabre by Offenbach and Waltzing Matilda. The others have not been identified.

There is a 13"(33cm) cylinder and six finely engraved bells with hammers in the form of birds which may be actuated by using a lever to the front of the box, as also can the drum, which is played on with 8 hammers.

The box, some 24" x 12.5" x 9.75", is veneered in faded rosewood and has a band running around the lid and the front of the box. In addition the lid is finely inlaid with a vase and foliage. £3,650.

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