Live Auction 16023Interiors including Faringdon House, Oxfordshire
A SWISS WALNUT-CASED AND ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD INLAID 'STELLA DISC' MUSICAL BOX
Lot 25 PROPERTY FROM FARINGDON HOUSE, OXFORDSHIRE, LOTS 1-145

A SWISS WALNUT-CASED AND ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD INLAID 'STELLA DISC' MUSICAL BOX

RETAILED BY J.F.MÜLLER, THE PATENT DATED 1885, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed12 April 2018

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GBP 875

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A SWISS WALNUT-CASED AND ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD INLAID 'STELLA DISC' MUSICAL BOX
RETAILED BY J.F.MÜLLER, THE PATENT DATED 1885, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The top and interior of lid inlaid with floral marquetry; together with seventeen various 'Stella discs'
The box: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

By tradition this music box was used to call guests at Faringdon into dinner during Lord Berners' tenure.