An Early 20thC Hand Wind Musical Box c.1900-10 sub-Art & Sculpture It's a hollow play

It's a hollow play

proving very original and sturdy with a lovely aged patination to the paintwork

Height: 94

We can therefore assume this was purchased in 1903 with the provenance handed down at this point

Julia Norris

An Early 20thC Hand Wind Musical Box c.1900-10 sub-Art & Sculpture It's a hollow playOrigin: EnglishPeriod: EdwardianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 10Diameter: 2. 75Depth: 1. 25The charming early 20thc hand crank or wind musical box, of pressed metal to a brass and porcelain handle, and with a paper image of a young girl wearing a red ribbon to the facing side, the flanks with impressed lyres, the whole in working order and surviving from the first decade of the twentieth century. In working order the sound is sweet and evocative.