Musical box
Freres Nicole
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
150 x 195 mm; 665 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Borrowdale, Cumbria
NT 622733
Summary
Late c 19th music-box by Nicole Freres of Geneva; a spiked drum plays operatic tunes when the handle is cranked; in case of wood with panel of dark-ground floral marquetry on lid. c 1855 Tune card inside lid. Mechanism unsound; some marquetry lifting.
Makers and roles
Freres Nicole