8,850 CHF
“God Save the King” F. Nicole, Geneva, circa 1840. Very fine tortoiseshell and gold musical snuffbox playing three tunes To be sold without reserve Three-body, reeded top with gold lifting lip, side panels and base plane, gold disc in the right side of the front panel for changing the tunes, one of which is “God Save the King”, to the left to activate the music, base with winding aperture. 82 x 47 mm, pinned cylinder type with a comb of 55 tuned vibrating blades, twoarm fly worm-gear governor, tune-changing mechanism allowing the three tunes to be selected via a slide button at the front of the case, through a lobed cam and detent system with star wheel. Signed on the comb in typical Nicole manner. Dim. 91 x 57 x 30 mm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman Notes Frères Nicole Watchmakers and makers of musical pieces who later became specialized in musical pieces and musical boxes. 1828-1844. They signed a petition for the construction of a new Observatory in Geneva in 1829. Their recorded addresses are: Etuves 130, rue du Cendrier, passage des Bergues (1831) and passage du Cendrier 118 bis (1844). “Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998. “Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
