A LATE 19th CENTURY INTERCHANGEABLE MUSIC BOX BY MOJON MANGE...

Hammer

£3,800

A LATE 19th CENTURY INTERCHANGEABLE MUSIC BOX BY MOJON MANGER & CO. 'Mandoline-Piccolo' interchangeable musical box-on-stand, by Mojon Manger & Co. with the four cylinders playing six airs each, double-spring motor, single-section comb, intermediate-gauge butterfly governor, in imposing burr walnut and amboyna part-ebonised case, the slight-domed lid bearing shaped mother-of-pearl, kingwood and brass cartouche, panel bordered by triple boxwood stringing, repeated to front and sides, canted corner profile, on the matching stand with full veneered top, shaped apron with central drawer for cylinder storage, on ring-turned and tapered ebonised removable legs 119cm wide, 98cm high