Passed
Description
Presented in a handsomely-carved mahogany cabinet with signature picture of the Regina "Queen" surrounded by cherubs on the inside lid,is a double-comb music box with forty 15 1/2" diameter tune discs. Regina,style 11,American,circa 1898. From 1892 Regina manufactured from rented facilities in Jersey City,but by 1895 they had resettled in their own factory facilities in Rahway,New Jersey. The brick building where this example was built is still standing,facing the Rahway train station which facilitated the shipment of the pieces during their heyday. Regina promoted their brand as "The Queen of Music Boxes" and maintained sales shops in New York and Chicago,but they also sold their products through department stores,such as John Wanamaker in Philadelphia. This present example has been in the same family since it was built.