Antique Swiss Chalet Wooden Music Box – 19-Note Cuendet Movement – Working

Listing: 1 x wooden Swiss chalet music box, 19-note with a Cuendet branded movement.

Condition: Used, vintage / antique condition. This item has been estimated as being made between 1890 - 1905, making this item between 121 to 136 years old. The date the personalised inscription was added is unknown, it appears to celebrate the year 1834, so could have been added at the time of production to celebrate a birthday. The musical mechanism has likely had some servicing or TLC over the years, as the Cuendet mechanism has an additional plastic piece that does not appear to fit the time period of Cuendet music boxes. The music still plays, the winding key still rotates, the hinged lid still opens and closes. The wooden panel inside is a very snug fit and has some wear. No branding to the music box other than the mechanism. No original packaging, no instructions. From smoke-free and pet free premises.

Description: Vintage Swiss Music Box – Cuendet, Switzerland

Offered for sale is a Swiss cylinder music box fitted with a 19-note Cuendet movement, made in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, the historic centre of Swiss music-box production.

The music box is housed in a traditional Swiss chalet (Alpenhaus) wooden case, a style popular with late-19th-century Alpine souvenir pieces.

The outside of the chalet there are real stone details glued to the roof, and 3D textured flower areas to the front. The roof opens on hinges, to reveal a wooden, removable panel. This panel covers the metal musical mechanism. The music box plays when the metal winding key underneath is turned to wind the spring. 

Details


Size: Length: 12 cm,  Width: 9 cm,  Height: 7.5 cm. 
Weight: 160 g (grams), before postal packaging.

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