#263

Swiss Cylinder Music Box with Three-Bell Butterflies,Possibly Jules Cuendet
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19"(48 cm.) w. x 8 1/2"h. x 11"d. The ten-tune box of 31 notes plus three bells that with enameled butterfly strikers,features a dark-finished case and a colorful tune card,lithographed in Geneva,depicting a gentleman playing viola as a lady dances,while children play nearby on a terrace. Condition: very good,mechanism functions,slight veneer wear on case. Comments: attributed to Jules Cuendet,Ste-Croix,Switzerland,circa 1896. Value Points: luxury music box with ten tunes and enameled butterfly strikers for added musical quality.