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Aubert & Fils

N° 939,
N° 5067,
Made ~ 1830,
Tortoise shell box, made ~ 1835,
N° 75530 Alibert escapement dismantled and with faults (No PICT, Laurence Fisher 2025)

Spielwerke / Music Boxes

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N° 939

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N° 5067

A mottled tortoiseshell-cased musical snuffbox playing two airs, by Aubert & fils, Ser.-N° 5067, with stamped single-section comb on plain brass bedplate, under horn cover, in the mottled case with consistent and good semi-transparent anomalies, gold cartouche to lid, start/stop and change/repeat controls to front, (endless broken) – 3.5/8in. (8.5cm) wide, the cylinder 2.3/8in. (6cm)

Despite the broken endless, a careful manual turn reveals outstanding music. This is a very good movement indeed

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Made ~ 1830
according to Bellamy/Fines, Introduction, 2015

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Tortoiseshell Musical Box, Made ~ 1835

French tortoiseshell musical box,
the hinged lid with a silver relief mountainous landscape with a lady and animals to foreground,
within gold frame with foliate decoration,

the silver-gilt hinge with makers mark JG, possibly for J.G. Garand and with restricted warranty mark for Paris, 1819 –1838,
playing two airs on single-piece comb stamped AUBERT & FILS,
with associated key, 3.3 cm high, 9.2 cm wide, 6 cm deep

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