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Nicole Freres, Serial No. 50347

Cylinder Musical Box
ca. 1870s (made)
Artist/Maker
Nicole (makers)
Place of origin
Switzerland (made)

Cylinder musical box with a ratchet lever winding mechanism. The fine comb plays four overtures:
Faust, Gounod
La Fille de Regiment, Donizetti
Guillaume Tell, Rossini
L'Africaine, Meyerbeer

The case is walnut with an ivory locking plate and a hinged central glass lid with a diamond-shaped marquetry panel

Object details

Categories
Music
Musical Instruments
Object type
Cylinder musical box
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cylinder Musical Box
  • Key
TitleNicole Freres, Serial No. 50347 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wood
Walnut
Ivory
Marquetry
Brief description
Cylinder musical box by Nicole Freres, in a case of walnut with ivory lockplate, playing four classical overtures. Swiss, ca. 1870s.
Physical description
Cylinder musical box with a ratchet lever winding mechanism. The fine comb plays four overtures:
Faust, Gounod
La Fille de Regiment, Donizetti
Guillaume Tell, Rossini
L'Africaine, Meyerbeer

The case is walnut with an ivory locking plate and a hinged central glass lid with a diamond-shaped marquetry panel
Dimensions
  • Cylinder length: 12.125in
Credit line
Purchase made possible through the gift of an anonymous benefactor.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.115:1-1975

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O301270/nicole-freres-serial-no-50347-cylinder-musical-box-nicole/
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