Interchangeable "Sublime-Harmonie Tremlolo" Musical Box, a Prese

F.C. Lecoultre. No. 46254 (on tune-sheet), with three cylinders playing eight airs each, massive nickel-plated double-spring movement, governor-cock stamped "A.P. Co.", three combs of 39, 44 and 39 teeth (missing one tip, approx. eleven replacement teeth and one replacement tip), ebonized case with brass stringing and inlaid legend "Genève 1882" on front and lid, shell-form ormolu handles and enameled crest with motto: "Virtus Mille Scuta" ("Virtue is equal to a thousand swords"), on matching table with cylinder-storage drawer and cabriole legs with carved fern-and-foliate relief, wd. including table 50 ½ in. (128 cm), cylinders 17 in. (43.5 cm), playing condition. - Note: Accompanying the musical box are the tune-sheet and operating instructions, the latter with credit "A. Perrelet et Cie". The first cylinder is devoted to sacred airs, the second and third to predominantly operatic works by Meyerbeer, Gounod, Verdi, Weber and others, including the overtures from "Freyschütz" and "Zampa". Auguste Perrelet et Cie, whose initials are found on the governor-cock, took over the business of F.C. Lecoultre in 1871 and continued their existing serial numbers until closure in 1900 (H.A.V. Bulleid, "Tune Sheets"). - Literature: Illustrated in Jan Brauers, "Von der Aeolsharfe zum Digitalspieler", p. 163. - Brauers states that this musical box was the gift of a Spanish count to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her birthday or jubilee. The year 1882 marked the 45th anniversary of Victoria’s ascension to the throne. Whether Brauers’ assertion is correct, the imposing scale of the musical box, its deluxe case, the crest and the delineation of date and location suggest an instrument produced for presentation or exhibition purposes. The instrument comes from an auction in the 1980s in London from the estate of the royal family.

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)