Beschreibung:

circa 1861, Ser. No. 38362, Gam. No. 1518, playing twelve operatic airs including six parts of Verdi's Trovatore, with large single-spring motor, stamped single-section comb on plain polished brass bedplate, in red stained interior under dustlid, Keith Prowse & Co. and 48, Cheapside London separate strips pasted over the top and bottom of the period tunesheet, in re-finished grained case with end-flap, the rosewood veneered lid bearing large rococo-taste central inlaid medallion with infils of mother-of-pearl, French enamel and kingwood, framed by matching corner crests and finished with triple boxwood stringing, with good period ratchet key - 21in. (53cm) wide, the cylinder 12.1/4in. (31cm)