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19th-Century Jewelry Case with Swiss Reuge Music Box
Located in Opole, PL
winded from the bottom.
The music box plays “Roses from the South,” a waltz by Johann Strauss.
This
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Alhambra Handmade Music Box by Miguel Laguna Granada Spain
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
, the music box plays and reveal the interior lined with red felt. Handmade music box by Miguel Laguna
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bone, Plastic, Fruitwood
Large Antique Viennese Austrian Enamel and Bronze Windmill Musical Jewelry Box
Located in Queens, NY
,
circa 1910
Hand-painted, windmill form box and cover. Plays music when you wind it, windmill turns
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jewelry Boxes
1950s Japanese Carved Wood Music Box Cigarette Dispenser w/ Dog
Located in Van Nuys, CA
music. When activated, the music box plays the tune "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," adding to its allure and
Category
Vintage 1950s Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Blue Enamel Neccessaire Owned by Andy Warhol
Located in New Orleans, LA
-turning, the pieces of this set include 27 fluted glass jars, bottles and boxes, two clothes brushes, a
Category
Vintage 1930s French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique Edwardian 1901 Sterling Silver Playing Card Box
By William Neale
Son Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver playing card box; an
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Playing Card and Cribbage Box
Located in London, GB
19th century playing card and cribbage box.
We are proud to offer an unusual 19th century playing
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Games
Materials
Wood
20th Century Japanese Solid Silver Playing Cards Box
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mid 20th Century Japanese solid silver playing cards box, the hand hammered silver box engraved
Category
20th Century Japanese Games
Materials
Silver
Antique English Sterling Silver Bridge / Playing Card Box, 1903
By William Neale
Son Ltd
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome early Edwardian playing card box engraved on the domed top "Bridge".
Fully hallmarked
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Asprey Sterling Silver Playing Card Box Casket, 1912
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous early George V sterling silver playing card box with wonderful engine turned
Category
Vintage 1910s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Edwardian Solid Silver Playing Cards Box, Birmingham, c.1903
By John Millward Banks
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Edwardian solid silver playing cards box, the plain silver box applied
Category
20th Century British Edwardian Games
Materials
Silver
Hermes Playing Cards Limited Edition Set 2 Decks New w/ Box
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Guaranteed authentic Hermes playing cards features a limited edition rear design bridge set.
A
Category
2010s French Games
Exceptionally rare tobacco box pot, play cards decor, Art Nouveau, 1900
Located in Wien, AT
Impressive tobacco box with a very rare decor, an original from the Art Nouveau era, made around
Category
Antique Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Hermes 2 Set Playing Cards With Box, Made In France
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Vintage set of 2 Hermes silver edged playing cards, accented with silver edges. Adorned with the
Category
1990s French Other Games
Materials
Paper
Cribbage Board Playing Card Box, Mahogany with Exotic Inlays English, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Cribbage board playing card box, mahogany with exotic inlays, English, ca. 1880.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Belle Époque Game Boards
Materials
Mahogany
Japanese Complete ‘Noh Play’ Production, Houshou School 22 Books and Box 1853
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels.
A remarkable artistic Noh Play survivor.
One of a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century Victorian Solid Silver
Enamel Playing Cards Box, London c.1898
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th Century Victorian solid silver playing cards box. Featuring a plain silver
Category
Antique 1890s British Other Games
Materials
Silver, Enamel
20thC American "The Regina Co" 12 Disc Automatic Music Playing Cabinet Box c1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century American made music cabinet, produced by Regina Corona. Designed to play 12
Category
20th Century American Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Red Playing Game Box with Cards Dice Domino Checkers Poker Set
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a vintage game box, made in Italy, circa the 1960s. Neatly arranged in
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Faux Leather
Must de Cartier Paris Vintage Playing Poker or Bridge Cards in Red Original Box
By Cartier
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
.
Les Must de Cartier playing cards were only sold from 1972-1976.
This silk-lined box of cards with 18
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Paper
Fluorescent and Silver Serigraph Silkscreen by Helene Keil, 3/25, 1970
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
beginning she makes play boxes and colourful play bags in fabric. In her work come bright, cheerful colors
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Flags of All Nations" Carrom Game Board and Playing Pieces, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
retained a box full of playing pieces, comprising ten pins, rings, checkers, rooks, topsy-turvy, etc. I
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Antique English Cribbage Card Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Nice little card box for playing games.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Games
Materials
Oak
Leather Game Board and Card Box
Located in Doylestown, PA
playing card box.
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Games
Materials
Leather
$325 / set
Olympia Music Box in Oak Case
Located in Petaluma, CA
If you have never heard an American music box that plays discs, you don't know what you are missing
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Late Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Nickel
Cylinder Musical Box by Lecoultre Freres
By Nicole Frères
Located in Cheshire, GB
Lecoultre Freres music box playing on eight airs, with original tune sheet, no. 35904 and 13
Category
Antique 19th Century French Musical Instruments
Cylinder Musical Box by LeCoultre Freres
Located in Cheshire, GB
LeCoultre Freres music box playing on eight airs, with original tune sheet, no. 35904 and 13
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage Christmas Music Box Wood Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
. Completely hand-painted and hand made.
With 7 angels playing music. On top the sandman figure.
The music box
Category
Mid-20th Century German Arts and Crafts More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mermod Frerès Station/Showcase Cylinder Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
tune being played. This box's sublime harmony movement possesses a crisp, melodious sound, and is
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Music Stands
Early 20th Century French Marquetry Game Box, Backgammon, Checkers
Located in Fayetteville, AR
felt playing surface, The box measures 28.5 inches long, 20.75 inches wide, and 2 inches high when
Category
Early 20th Century French Game Boards
Materials
Leather, Felt, Fruitwood, Pearwood, Walnut
Polyphon Upright Coin Op Disc Music Box circa 1898
Located in Milford, NH
name of a disc-playing music box, a mechanical device first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Antique Kalliope Christmas Tree Stand and Polyphon Music Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
tree and rotates while the music is playing. A beech veneered Kalliope box with bronze fittings. Inside
Category
Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Musical Instruments
Materials
Beech
Chinese Armorial Lacquer Games Box and Counters, circa 1840
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
English playing cards. The box also comes complete with 93 original mother of pearl gaming counters
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Antique 6 Drum
Bell Music Box by George Bendon, c. 1880
Located in London, GB
is stamped with the mark ‘AP & Co’, most probably a retailer’s stamp.
The music box plays a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique 6 Bell Fortissimo Music Box by J Manger
Co, c. 1885
Located in London, GB
spring for extra-long running time.
The music box plays 8 popular and operatic tunes as listed on the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
rare ANYA HINDMARCH Marano Music Box metallic blue crinkle leather gold frame
By Anya Hindmarch
Located in Hong Kong, NT
rare ANYA HINDMARCH Marano Music Box metallic blue crinkle leather gold frame box clutch
Reference
Category
2010s Chinese Evening Bags and Minaudières
Tiffany Studios New York Grapevine Bronze and Slag Glass Double Card Box
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
" pattern double playing-card case or box
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets
Materials
Bronze
Antique 12 Air, Six Bells and Drum Rosewood Musical Box, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
An absolutely fantastic antique Swiss 13 inch cylinder musical box playing 12 airs with 6 bells in
Category
Antique 1890s Swiss Musical Instruments
Antique Swiss Music Box Three Bells in Sight 8 Airs 19th Century
Located in London, GB
the centre of the lid.
The music box plays eight airs/tunes which are named on the original charming
Category
Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Tulipwood
Antique Swiss 12 Air Four Visible Bells Rosewood Musical Box, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
box plays twelve airs/tunes which are named on the original music sheet attached to the inside of the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Swiss 12-Tune Cylinder Music Box, Banded
Inlaid Burl Case, circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Swiss cylinder music box plays twelve songs, housed in a burl mahogany case, ebonized and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Musical Instruments
Materials
Mahogany, Burl
Grand Format Four Overture Antique Cylinder Music Box by Nicole Freres, c. 1865
By Nicole Frères
Located in London, GB
pinning arrangements, thus lending themselves to operatic overtures. Each tune with this music box plays
Category
Antique 1860s Swiss Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Enamel
French 19th Century Upright Piano Design Music Box Tantalus or
Cave a Liqueur
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
music box begins to play, causing the piano's glass paneled lid and doors to swing open, revealing a two
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Barware
Materials
Brass
Antique Sublime Harmony Bell
Drum Music Box, Paillard Vaucher et Fils, c. 1875
By Paillard Frères 1
Located in London, GB
together the teeth are on the combs, indicative of excellent sound. The music box plays six tunes as
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
19th Century Eight Airs cylinder Six Bells In View Music Box by Paillard
Located in London, GB
.
The box plays the following eight tunes:
1. The leaving Audran
2. Ermine Jablonsky
3. The
Category
Antique 1880s Swiss Musical Instruments
Materials
Enamel
Antique Swiss 8 Air Musical Box in Rosewood with Three Bells, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
burr walnut with beautiful decorative marquetry of musical instruments
The box plays eight airs/tunes
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German More Furniture and Collectibles
Antique Victorian 10 Aires BH&A 3 Bells Music Box Swiss Movement 19th Century
By Barnett Henry Abrahams
Located in London, GB
music box is rectangular in shape and features a high-quality Swiss movement playing ten aires. There
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Antique Silver Bridge Cardbox
By Asprey
Garrard Limited
Located in London, GB
Novelty Edwardian handmade silver bridge playing card box with a finial mounted on the cover in the
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Leather and Stainless Steel Inset Backgammon Board
By George Warren
Located in New York, NY
stainless steel, wenge and sycamore playing pieces within wenge box. Available as custom order.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Games
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Tilso Musical Bar Set with Decanter and Ice Bucket from Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Bucket and Scotch/Rye Whiskey Bottle Music Box Works and Plays-"How Dry I Am". Retro Decor-Collectible
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Black Forest Carved Dog Musical Whip Holder
Located in Bradenton, FL
placed in holders hanging on wall and a spring mechanism would initiate music box to play. This unique
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
An Early 19th Century French Tric Trac Table for Backgammon and Cards
Located in London, GB
A fine early nineteenth century walnut backgammon table, with inset playing surface of box wood and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Game Tables
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
Symphonion Eroica Musical Hall Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
, making it just as desirable a timepiece as a music box. It is, however, the mechanism inside that makes
Category
Antique 19th Century German Other Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Upright Piano Cave À Liqueur
Located in New Orleans, LA
press the keyboard and one of two delightful airs from the hidden music box begins to play, causing the
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Other Barware
Materials
Glass, Wood
Clock Set 19th Century Louis Philippe Charles X Period by Leroy À Paris
By LeRoy
Located in Warsaw, PL
.
Moreover, inside of the clock is situated a working music box that plays 8 different tunes. The music box
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Charles X Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Games and Work Table
Located in London, GB
playing backgammon, chess and cribbage. Dating from circa 1870s, it’s in excellent original condition
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Game Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Games and Work Table
Located in London, GB
playing backgammon, chess and cribbage. Dating from circa 1870s, it’s in excellent original condition
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Game Tables
Materials
Walnut
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal playing box for your home. Each playing box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and silver. Find 51 options for an antique or vintage playing box now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a playing box — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A playing box, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Victorian or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made playing box over the years, but those crafted by Cartier, Ottaviani and Fornasetti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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- 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.