£2,300
A musical box with mandarin and bells-in-view playing eight airs, serial no 4499-2555 with original tune card, cylinder 27cm in crossbanded and floral marquetry inlaid case, width 52cm Provenance - Lot 82 Sotheby's Belgravia Clocks, Automata Toys, Music Boxes 1830 - 1930, with catalogue.
All the teeth are present and all the tips are fine, each mandarin moves but the arms stop short when hitting the bells and will need some slight adjustment, casework could do with some color as ist is a little faded.
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