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Musical Boxes & Automata — Entertainment Equipment
Lots 1—96 Found 496
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A Nicole Freres Interchangeable cylinder music box on 'Writing' desk Nicole Freres, serial number 46627, made in Geneva, the…
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A 19th century automaton, Pierrot Serenading the moon, Gustav Vichy, Paris, France, circa 1890, the figure dressed in a…
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A Swiss music box, Stella, 19th century, upright 26 inch disc music box with base. Coin operated, with 14 discs. Inlaid base,…
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Swiss gold musical snuff box or Carillon, probably by Henry Neisser, c. 1810, 18ct yellow gold, playing two tunes, of…
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A fine quality Eroica walnut cased triple disc Upright Symphonion, German, circa 1898, with a gallery edged top, above a single…
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An orchestral Regina Corona disc Polyphon. No. 21839. 1900, playing 68 cm discs, music comb, in a walnut case with Corinthian…
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A fine 'J.H. Heller of Bern' Orchestral burr walnut music box, circa 1870s, serial number 2294, a magnificent table top music…
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Rare continental enamel gilt and ivory mounted singing bird music box, the blue enamel rectangular box with gilt borders and…
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A fine Swiss Paillard & Co cylinder table top music box, circa 1880s, 'Sole agent' retailer Jabez Carnegie & Sons, Melbourne,…
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A 19th century German upright Polyphon music machine with reproduction pediment, 'Penny in the Slot' walnut case with glass…
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Victorian walnut 25 - inch upright Symphonium, 19th century, architectural style cabinet, with coin operation wind-up movement…
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A Nicole Freres Interchangeable music box and stand No. 51362, Gamme No. 5256, the rectangular walnut and ebonized box opening…
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A coin operated type 104P table top Polyphon, playing 49 cm, (19 1/4 inch) discs, 126 teeth in music comb, in a walnut and…
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A fine walnut upright disk 'Polyphon' with fifteen Disks, circa 1900, Polyphon Musikwerke, Leipzig Germany, housed in glazed…
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A rare large Paillard Vaucher et Fils Swiss rosewood cased music box, the 14' cylinder playing ten tunes at will, double barrel…
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A British musical automaton of sailors dancing the Hornpipe, circa 1880, the glazed and gilt frame diorama displaying two…
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A rare oak cased Grandfather polyphon clock. Maker: The Regina Company, Rahway New Jersey. With a selection of metal disc…
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Rare French glass dome singing bird automaton with clock, made by Bontems, c. 1890, Arranged on an ebonised base with six birds…
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A rare burr walnut table top size Interchangeable cylinder Swiss music box c.1880's, having four interchangeable cylinders the…
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Large antique musical box late 19th century, the 33 cm cylinder playing multiple airs, accompanied by two drums and three…
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A Mandonline Expressive zither with inlaid cartouche to top, height 21 cm, width 82 cm, depth 27 cm
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A Rare Renou Musical automaton of Little Girl with Puppet Theatre, French, circa 1900, the bisque head with partly legible red…
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A rare German gilt-metal and enamelled singing-bird box attributed to Karl Griesbaum, the bird with multi-coloured plumage; the…
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A German gilt-metal and enamelled singing-bird box attributed to Karl Griesbaum, the bird with multi-coloured plumage, beak,…
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A late Victorian walnut cased Symphonium in unrestored condition with numerous losses, the movement housed in an architectural…
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A fine quality American 1920s serpentine mahogany cased Regina phone, the lift top with shell and carved lions head and paw…
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The Britannia coin operated upright disc music box, in walnut case. A Swiss maker, with 15 x 17inch steel discs 106 cm high, 74…
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Aolian Orchestrelle: impressive ballroom player-organ circa 1912, housed in a stunning walnut case with carved fret work and…
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A fine silver gilt musical automaton bird box with drawer tested more than 85%, height 10 cm, width 15 cm, depth 11 cm
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A Georgian automatic music box church organ, 1805-1822 period, manufactured by Southwell & white, London and Liverpool, the…
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A 19th century French eight airs music box, the floral marquetry inlay lid with banded borders, the eight tunes listed on the…
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Rare & impressive hallmarked sterling silver 925 marked & enamel musical bird box and key, circa 1924' approx 10 cm long, 6 cm…
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A fine antique table music box with an inlaid walnut case, 19th century, a crank and cylinder operated music box, playing…
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A fine antique Swiss cylinder musical box, b.A. Bremond, Geneva, numbered 18080, late 19th century, playing eight mandolin airs…
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Shop Window Display automaton of a Drunkard, French, probably by Roullet and Decamps, circa early 20th century, the man dressed…
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An automaton doll, German, the doll with porcelain face and hands, action raising arms and rotating head, glass dome, music box…
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A Swiss musical box, playing 9 airs, the crank wind cylinder with steel comb, the tune sheet printed and the rosewood veneered…
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A silver singing bird box attributed to Karl Griesbaum, first quarter 20th century, richly chased in the Renaissance revival…
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Swiss 'Sublime Harmony' burr walnut and kingwood music box with a single brass barrel, a double comb movement playing ten airs,…
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An enamel gilt silver singing bird box, Swiss 935 'T' coronet mark, the porcelain covered oval flap revealing a singing bird…
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A 19th century walnut cased polyphon, along with numerous pierced player discs, the tabletop player with inlaid lid opening to…
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A Walnut music box, Swiss, 19th century, the 43 cm cylinder playing twelve airs, accompanied by a drum and six saucer-shaped…
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A large rectangular gilt metal Caged singing bird automaton Presented in a naturalistic setting, one bird perched above and…
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A Celesta walnut cased Upright disc music box, coin operated, with an arched, blind fret carved pediment, above a glazed door,…
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A mahogany music box, late 19th century, the 60m cylinder playing multiple airs, accompanied by a drum and six saucer-shaped…
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French singing birdcage timepiece with two birds, 19th century, full whistle, setting for intermittent, 50 cm high
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Symphonin Schutz Mark with records (42) Symphonium disc music box playing 9.5' discs, with twin combs both marked 'Schutz Marke…
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A French mahogany and gilt metal mounted singing bird automata, 20th century, with a bird on a perch with wagging tail, head…
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'man Da Rin', Lehmann Brand - EPL 565, Chinese figure in sedan chair carried by two 'Coolies', German tinplate, clockwork…
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A Victorian Swiss Revine cylinder music box, c.1870, the single cylinder playing ten airs, with nine German silvered bells,…
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An impressive Nicole Freres symphorien cylinder music box musical box. It has twelve-tunes, within a cross banded and satinwood…
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Rare antique musical bird singing sewing box with inlaid brass and mother of pearl top, with internal fitted compartments and…
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German 19th century walnut cased Polyphon musical disc player with a winder, 16.5 cm steel comb movement, cast baseplate,…
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Karl Griesbaum (German), gilt and enamel singing bird box, early 20th century, the lid depicting a courting couple in a rural…
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A walnut-cased 'Regina' music box, C.J. Heppe & Son, Philadelphia, serial no 34550, circa 1900, the movement in an…
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A German 'Singing bird' automaton music box late 19th/early 20th century, the rectangular case with ornate filigree decoration,…
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A 19th century walnut cased Polyphon, along with numerous pierced player discs, the tabletop player with inlaid lid opening to…
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A rare late 19th century French Bontems singing bird tortoiseshell box, the case of rectangular form, slide bar switch to the…
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A lever wind music box, 19th century, string and panel inlay to lid, sides and front. 28 cm long cylinder x 5.5 cm diameter.…
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French two coin operated singing birds, circa 1900, two birds in gilded cage with wooden base, 59 cm high, 25 cm wide, 25 cm…