Mandolin Musical Box by Ducommun-Girod, c. 1870

No. 13725/48, playing eight operatic airs and dances including "Il Trovatore, Coro di Zingari" ("The Anvil Chorus") by Verdi and "Le Pardon de Plörmel" by Meyerbeer, with 122 teeth in two combs (extreme bass tooth missing), mandoline teeth in groups of up to five, flat-topped winding lever, tune sheet no. 15765 (No. 79 in "Musical Box Tune Sheets" by H.A.V. Bulleid), dark-stained case with red interior, brass stringing and inlaid brass quatrefoils on front and lid, wd. 26 in. (66 cm), cylinder 17 in. (43 cm), case refinished, movement in unrestored playing condition, missing controls. - Literature: Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume, "The Musical Box, a Guide for Collectors", p. 107. Ord-Hume illustrates a mandolin musical box by Samuel Troll in a very similar case. - The present example carries the serial number of the movement in pencil on the underside of the case. The number 15765 on the tune sheet is presumably the gamme number and refers to the musical program. - A well-arranged mandolin movement in an unusual and elegant case.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)