Orchestral "Tambour, Timbres, Castagnettes" Musical Box with Rar

Playing ten airs including "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss and "Cancan" from the operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" by Jacques Offenbach, with 72 teeth in the musical and 20 teeth in the percussion combs (all complete) accompanied by drum, six engine-turned saucer bells and castanet, with manuscript tune sheet, double-spring motor, tune-indicator, tune-selector and adjustable speed control, in crossbanded veneered case with marquetry lid motif of an anthropomorphic monkey as showman with magic lantern and barrel organ, wd. 30 in. (76 cm), cylinder 16 ¼ in. (41 cm), two bells in need of adjustment, otherwise in good restored and playing condition. - Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 25 May 2004, Lot 701. - Note: The motif on the lid is based on a plate ("La Lanterne Magique") from "Singeries ou différentes actions de la Vie Humaine representées par des Singes dediées au public" by the artist Christophe Huet and the engraver Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard. Jacqueau the showman’s monkey, who entertains an audience of farmyard animals with a magic lantern while his master is away, is the subject of a fable by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian.

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)