François Nicole / Nicole Frères 12070

Four-air musical box, by F. Nicole, No. 12070, four-air,in plain case with exposed controls, key compartment and ogee-shaped cheek to the governor frame (lacking stop/start detent, two teeth and twelve tips, lid hinges defective) -- 11in. wide, the cylinder six and one-eighth inch (15.5cm)


Stamped on the on the comb: François Nicole, serial 12070


„ogee profile to governor frame“ or „slope“ of the wheels block (Räderwerkblock), imitated by Prague music box maker Rzebitschek (and Maly), but not by die Viennese makers