AN ITALIAN PIETA DURA PANEL MOUNTED EBONISED MUSIC BOX (QTY)
Late 19th Century
Fitted with a 2.1/2 in brass cylinder, stamped 29287, winding key, 17cm wide; Together with a group of desk accessories, including two painted oak mounted Cambridge University coats-of-arms, one for Girton College, 20cm and 17cm high, a glass and brass mounted inkwell, a magnifying glass, blade sharpening stone, a burr and tulip wood inlaid photograph frame, another gilt-tooled leather example by Jarrolds, a Tiger’s Eye agate inset marble paperweight, and a quantity of stone samples
| Estimate: | £150 - £200 |
| Hammer price: | £130 |
Provenance: The Waterhouse Collection
Please see the following story for further details:
Autumn at Bellmans | The Waterhouse Family Collection
The Tiger’s eye agate inlaid marble paper weight, with paper label to reverse inscribed ‘Said to be a sample for fireplace at Yattendon Court’.
Yattendon Court, Berkshire was purchased by Alfred Waterhouse RA in 1876 and extended by the architect. It was later completely pulled down in 1925.
Condition report:
Please see extra images of the top of the small pietra dura music box. There is a key. The music mechanism does work but there is no guarantee of it’s working order and a full clean and service is recommended by a specialist.
The box with a few minor scuffs and small dents commensurate with wear and use.
The paper weight with a few small nicks to the edges an corners.
The glass well separates from base. Wear and tarnishing.
The other pieces with inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.