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Antique 6 Bell and Drum Music Box by Charles Lecoultre, c. 1870
Located in London, GB
A magnificent quality six bell and drum cylinder music box made by Charles Lecoultre of Geneva
Category
1870s Swiss Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Mahogany Satinwood Inlaid Marquetry Regina Music Box Stand, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian Regina music box stand offers flame mahogany construction with top having
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Music Box Inlaid Handcrafted Jewelery Gloss Burl-Walnut
Romance
Swiss Made
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful musical inlaid handcrafted jewelery gloss burl walnut box "Romance"
Measures: Height
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Early 20th Century Swiss Baroque Antique Music Boxes
Antique French 8 Song Music Box, Pap Leon Hecker
Cie, Paris. Late 19th Century
Located in Victoria, BC
An antique French music box. The music box itself is a work of art and a joy to watch when its
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique French Automaton Singing Bird in Brass Cage, Music Box, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French automaton music box offers singing bird seated on foliate branch in brass cage
Category
19th Century French Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century French "Clock Painting" with Music Box in Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
them. The original clock and the music box inside the frame are functional and in working condition
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Swiss Wood Inlaid and Ebonized Cylinder Music Box with Ten Songs
By Paillard Frères 1
Located in Dallas, TX
Listen to soft, cheerful music in your living room with this traditional, antique music box
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Columbia Graphaphone Music Box, Circa 1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Columbia Graphaphone offers oak case with domed removable top, crank and gilt lettering as photographed, as found and not currently working, c1910
Measures: 11.5" H x 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique German Toy Automaton Music Box with Girls Dancing Around the Maypole
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy music box shows no maker's signature, but is presumed to have been made
Category
Early 20th Century German Bohemian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large 19th Century Swiss Inlaid Walnut Cylinder Zither Music Box with 12 Songs
Located in Dallas, TX
hand-cranked works are enclosed in a glass case. This music box has a paper zither attachment and plays
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Tulipwood
Swiss Music Box with Ten Airs Drums and Bells Finely Inlaid Marquetry circa 1880
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Swiss 10 Air Music box, dating to circa 1880.
The mechanical mechanism is
Category
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Steel
19th Century French Organina Thibouville Music Box with 15 Punched Cards
Located in Dallas, TX
free reeds made of brass, which reproduce music that is especially recorded on folding punched cards
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Paper, Wood
19th Century Swiss Eight Air Rosewood Cylinder Box
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Swiss 8 airs rosewood cylinder music box, manufactured by Ducommun Girod
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Kingwood, Rosewood
Moorish Style Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Art Deco Cigarette Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Moorish style cigarette music box inlaid with mother of pearl and ebony. Handcrafted using
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Art Deco Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl, Birch, Rosewood
Swiss Music Wood Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
mechanism of the cylinder while it’s playing the songs. The music box is working very well and you can
Category
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
$2,500
Black Forest Music Chair
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
original pen-work. The seat opening to reveal an original music box.
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Continental Leather Reuge Music Jewellery Box, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Swiss scallop shaped music jewellery box. Leather bound and fitted with green
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Leather, Velvet
19th Century French Delicate Silver Box with an Angel Playing Music on the Top
Located in Sofia, BG
Tiny and delicate round sterling silver box decorated with a little angel playing music.
France
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Cigar Box with Music
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Antique French cigar box with music. In the shape of a cute small house. When lid (roof) opens, a
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Copper
Huntley
Palmers Biscuit Tin "The Music Room"
By Huntley
Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
The Music Room, an elegant Victorian cartouche form. Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin.
6 1/2"w., 4 3/4
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Hand-Painted Polychrome Enamel Gilt Metal Windmill Musical Jewelry Box
Located in Cincinnati, OH
internal music box mechanism. It should be noted that the blades do not turn automatically and can be
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Rococo Revival Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Swiss Black Forest Gnome Tobacco Jar
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Forest products can also be seen carved into other forest wildlife as well as clocks, music boxes and
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Early 20th Century Indo-English Writing Case
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
music box, retractable top, bacalite interior.
Measures: H 43 cm, W 42 cm, D 37 cm.
Category
1920s European Anglo-Indian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
Signed Swiss Black Forest Bear Bench or Stool, 1914
By Brienz Switzerland
Located in Skanninge, SE
).
Many of these benches are fitted with a music box.
This is also prepared for a music box but there has
Category
1910s Swiss Black Forest Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Other
Antique French Neoclassical Wrought Iron Brass Automation Musical Birdcage Stand
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique automation music box bird cage and stand. The birdcage is made of brass with a neoclassical
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Charming Black Forest Bear Centerpiece
Located in Riverdale, NY
Hand-carved Black Forest bear centerpiece with a functioning music box embedded in base
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
20th Century French Working Automaton Gilt Bronze Singing Birdcage, 1900s
By Bontems
Located in LEGNY, FR
birds in this singing bird music box have realistic sound of real talking birds.
The singing mechanism
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Old "German Christmas Market Stall" Christmas Toy Shop Dollhouse Decoration
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique German Christmas Market Display Box with Music Box, circa 1910–1920
This exceptional and
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric, Cotton, Wood, Paper
Antique circa 1880 Collectable Black Forest Hand Carved Fox Whip Hook Glass Eyes
By Black Forrest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
would have been a music box in the back of this one at some point but its been removed, they were very
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1880s Swedish Black Forest Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
A German musical Christmas tree stand by J.C. Eckardt, 1890s
Located in Delft, NL
winding spring and rotates with a cylinder music box in it. Plays the music from Silent Night, Holy Night
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Pewter
French LR Art Deco Novelty Wooden Musical Cigarette Dispenser
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
accessed through a slide off cover. A winding knob for the music box is mounted behind the head. The box
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
1870 Very Rare Large Musical Swiss Black Forest Fox Whip Hook Glass Eyes
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
around condition
Metal tab marked C. Spiess Schloss Laufen patent 16870, working music box.
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Hand Painted Paper Mâché Marotte Bust
Located in Dallas, TX
. Modern marottes typically have music boxes or other machinery built into the head. Older marottes may
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Paper
Rare Find, Vintage 1950s Thorens Cigarette Case and Lighter, working
Located in New York, NY
. They are almost in the class of Dunhills. Thorens was a music box maker that began in 1883. Their
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Art Deco Antique Music Boxes
Old "German Christmas Market Stall" Christmas Toy Shop Dollhouse Decoration
Located in Nuernberg, DE
a special part, a music box that plays a Christmas song. As videos are only allowed without sound, i
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric, Wood, Cotton, Paper
Early 20th Century English "His Master
s Voice" Gramophone from Hayes Middlesex
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this antique gramophone in your study or game room; crafted in England circa 1910, the music
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 8 Orthochromes by Madame Yna Majeska
Henriette Stern
, circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
designer for both the Zeigfeld Follies, movie producer Cecil B. Demille and Irving Berlin’s Music Box
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Paper
"The Owl Gameboard NO. 1" Patented by Edward Mikkelson ca 1901
Located in York County, PA
ways. Today Gabel slot machines and music boxes are some of the most valuable and collected.
Why the
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Couaillet Freres Carriage Clock of Saint-Nicolas-D
Aliermont, Russell
s
By Couaillet Freres
Located in Soquel, CA
watches and music boxes.
By 1877 the company had moved the business once more, this time to Cathedral
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass
Joan of Arc Saved France WWI War Savings Stamps Poster, circa 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
music, calendars, decorative boxes, fashion catalogs. But he is best known for his “Joan of Arc” poster
Category
1910s American Antique Music Boxes
Antique English Victorian Snuff Box with Music Teacher Presentation
By Frederick Marson
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver snuff box. Made by Frederick Marson in Birmingham in 1860
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Komet disc music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful music box box by Komet.
Rare good playing music box
1 disc, diameter 20.8cm.
Category
19th Century German Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Steel, Iron, Other, Cut Steel
Troubadour disc music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Troubadour Disc Music Box
A beautiful and rare Troubadour disc music box, made in Germany at the
Category
19th Century German Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Keywind 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Swiss music box by unknown maker.
The mechanism is wound up by a key and plays 6 melodies as
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
$1,780
Regina Music Box with Stand
By Regina Music Box Co.
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An interchangeable disk music box crafted by the Regina Music Box Company of New York. The slightly
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$10,500
Small 3 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Small 3 tune mandoline music box.
The wooden case has some central inlay to the top of the lid
Category
1890s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Nicole Freres Mozart music box
By Nicole Frères
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare Nicole Frères music box – exclusively playing Mozart
Beautiful Swiss music box by Nicole
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Other Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing Belini
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare keywind music box by Nicole Freres.
Playing 8 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet.
7
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Wooden House Cigarette Holder Music Box
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage, wooden music box cigarette holder in a whimsical house design. Box is hand wound and
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Wood
Music box on table with 4 interchangeble cylinders
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare cylinder music box. The 4 cylinders play 8 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheets.
The
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Fad cylinder Music Box playing 2 per Turn
Located in Zonhoven, BE
eautiful, large and early music box.
This box has a thick (about 8m diameter) cylinder and plays
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Music Box with Exposed Controls playing 6 tunes
By LeCoultre
Cie 1
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful, early and rare music box made in the early 19th century. This early music box plays 6
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Nicole Freres 6 tunes mandoline music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Nicole Frères music box with rare "mandoline setting"
A beautiful and highly collectible Nicole
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Swiss Inlaid Rosewood Music Box on Stand Circa 1870
Located in Louisville, KY
Swiss Inlaid Rosewood Music Box on Stand, Circa 1870; featuring a lovely marquetry case housing the
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Music Boxes
Music box with 6 bells and 8 melodies.
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box with 6 bells and 8 melodies.
The mechanism plays 8 melodies noted on 1 cylinder. The
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Victorian Swiss 8 Air Music Box in Rosewood
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
Victorian Swiss 8 air music box in rosewood.
A fabulous rosewood and ebonized fruitwood music box
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Music Box with Automatons and Bells made by Karrer
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Large music box with 3 automatons and 10 bells made in about 1875 by Karrer in Teufenthal (Swiss
Category
1870s Swiss Napoleon III Antique Music Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique music boxes available for sale. The range of distinct antique music boxes — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique music boxes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique music boxes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Baroque and Folk Art antique music boxes are of considerable interest. Antique music boxes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Regina Music Box Co., Baptiste-Antoine Brémond and Jerome Thibourville Lamy are consistently popular.
How Much are Antique Music Boxes?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,644, while they’re typically $180 on the low end and $128,500 highest priced.
Questions About Antique Music Boxes
- Are music boxes rare?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022It depends on the make and model of the music box. To find the value of a music box, experts suggest that you work with a certified appraiser. The value of a music box will depend on a number of factors, including the shape it’s in. You’ll find expertly vetted music boxes on 1stDibs.
- What is the best music box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021The best music box for you depends on your preferences for design, size, and music. Music boxes may be intricately carved or brightly-colored, and contain musical themes from famous plays or films. Music boxes can also be musical boxes designed to hold jewelry or other trinkets.
- What is a Polyphon music box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A Polyphon music box is a wooden box that plays small interchangeable metal discs. Polyphon Musikwerke invented the device in 1870 and began producing them for sale in 1897 in Leipzig, Germany. Find a variety of Polyphon music boxes on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The box that plays music is called a music box in the U.S. and a musical box in the UK. Early versions date back to the 19th century, and many of them came from factories located in Switzerland. Shop a large selection of antique and vintage music boxes on 1stDibs.
- Are music boxes still made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, music boxes are still made today. A number of artisans continue to produce music boxes by hand. Companies may also mass produce music boxes using machinery. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of music boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
- What is an old music box called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022An old music box made from snuff boxes during the 18th century is called a carillons à musique. It is a French word meaning "chimes of music." You'll find a selection of antique music boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The first music box was likely made in Switzerland around the end of the 18th century. Originally, most music boxes were quite small, but as time went on, larger versions developed. Shop a collection of antique and modern music boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021Regina music boxes have musical information carefully stored on a metal disc. A Regina music box works when the holes in the disc engage with the teeth of a gear that leads to the plucking of a musical comb generating a pleasant sound.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Antique ice boxes can be worth up to $2,000 - $3,000. Depending on its condition, an antique ice box can be a highly coveted item.
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