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| Extremely Rare "Magic Mirror" by Reuge in Switzerland |

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$4500.00 Sale Price $1995.00 |
This incredible music box is actually a mirror, incased in a gold leaf frame. However,at the touch of a button, the music of a perfectly tuned 50 note swiss Reuge mechanism begins to play one of 2 different tunes. At the to touch of another button, the silver mirror dissappears to reveal what appears to be a ballroom filled with dancers. As the music plays, the dancers twirl at different timing and their feet move as if dancing.
Inside the Magic Mirror, behind the red velvet curtains which are drawn to the sides, are two couples dancing with a multiplying mirror effect behind them to give the illusion of a full ballroom.
These little dolls were made by hand by Madame Marthe Phillaparte in Paris reflecting costuming of dancers of 1780... The tiny flowers were from her own garden.
Their handmade costumes, typical of the 1700's, are done in period silk with real dried flowers. On the the front of the gold leaf frame is a small brass placque with the inscription "Danseaurs 1785".
Click here to see the video of the magic mirror Video 2
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Gold Leaf frame with a brass engraved placque
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Two Dancers in silk costumes with real dried flowers
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Dimension: 10 3/4" H x 14 1/2" W x 6"D
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Tunes: 2 tune 50 note Swiss Reuge mechanism ~
MOZART MINUET AND BOCCERINI MINUET
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Small wear on the silvering in the front right corner.
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Approximate date of manufacture - 1989-1992
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1897 Antique Swiss Made Stella Console Disk Music Box
by Memod Feres |
| $9,650.00 |
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Memod Feres, founded in 1816 and for many, many years one of Switzerland's premier makers of fine cylinder boxes, entered the disc music box field in the 1890's. The firms principal products were the Stella, a music box wich used discs without projections. In America, Memod Feres products were sold through the Jacot Music Box Company of New York City. Surviving Stella music boxes are rarely available today. The Memod insturments are generally of superb tonal qualtiy and are considered to be among the finest disc-type music boxes ever made.
This handsome and artistic mahogany cabinet, decorated with victorian design scroll work, combines the music box and the stand in one. The lower part is subdivided by a number of verticla partitions, for greater convenience in storing the musical discs. The cabinet measures: 3 feet tall x 2 feet .33" W x 1 foot 3/5" Deep. The music box is on the original casters for easy movement. This beautiful disc player comes with 75 discs measuring 17 1/4" in diameter. The #268 model was one of the most popular models produced.
The Stella Music Box offered here has double combs for a glorious sound that will resonate throughout your home.The only blemish this collectors piece has, is a watermark on the lid and one broken tooth, no other repair marks.
(Blemishes Shown In The Photos Above)
Stella #268 Disk Player Song Selection |
A Hot Time In The Old Town |
Narcissus Song |
Air De Louis XIII |
Nearer My God To The |
At a Georgia Camp Meeting March |
Old Black Joe |
At Supper |
Old Oaken Bucket |
Ave Maria |
On A Tree By The River |
Barber of Seville |
Poet and Peasant |
Consolation |
Put Me Off At Buffalo |
Das Wettrenen |
Rigoletto |
Der Obersteiger |
Robin Hood |
Die Hugenotten |
Rock Of Ages |
Dixie Land |
Santa Lucia |
Ernani Resue Me |
Southern Roses Waltz |
Funeral March |
Spring Song |
Henrietta, Have You Met Her |
Standchen Serenade |
Irish Washerwoman |
Stephanis Gavotte |
Isabelle A Gal Who Is One Of The Boys |
Sweet Rosie O'Grady |
Kathleen Mavoureen |
Tannhauser |
Killarney |
The Bells of Corneville |
Kiss Me, Honey Do |
The Czarina Nazurka |
La Serenata |
The Holy City |
Last Rose of Summer |
The Runaway Girl |
Lucrezia Borgia |
The Warmest Baby In The Bunch |
Lustige Bruder Walze |
Traumeri |
Mich Verlangt Nach Dir, Mein Schatz |
Valse De Chopin |
Money Musk |
You're Not The Only Pebble On The Beach |
All Disks are stamped with the original Memond Ferres name and year of 1897. Most have the Swiss/German names as well as the English translation.
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Item # 268 |
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Empress Disk Player |
$10,750 |
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THIS BEAUTIFUL EMPRESS, MANUFACTURED BETWEEN FROM 1898 THRU 1907, WAS RESTORED BY ALLEN ERB 15 YEARS AGO. IT PLAYS PERFECTLY.
BUYER TO ARRANGE FOR AND PAY FOR FREIGHT.
LYON & HEALY OF CHICAGO SOLD THE ''EMPRESS'' BRAND. THEY USED MIRA,(MERMOD FERES) SWISS MOVEMENTS. IT PLAYS AN 18 1/2 '' DISK AND IT COMES WITH 18 DISKS. CABINET IS WALNUT. THIS MUSIC BOX IS SHOWN ON PAGE 125 IN THE ''ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS'' |
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144 Note Sublime Harmony
Swiss Reuge Limited Edition Music Box |
$2,735.00 |

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This incredibly rich looking and sounding music box is virtually a "One of a Kind". Only 100 pieces were ever made of this lovely music box. The musical mechanism is a rare 144 Note Sublime Harmony, manufactured in Switzerland by Reuge. It has 3 tunes on the one cylindar. Each revolution of the cylindar is one melody and then it shifts slightly to begin the next song and then again for the last song. Because of the many notes available on the cylindar, the melody is extemely harmonious and full. The lustrious "Piano Finish" on the box is many layers of hand buffed laquer.
The handsome case is hand inlaid wood and handcrafted in Sorrento Italy. On the lid of the box are praying hands inlaid into the wood.
This piece is #45 of only 100 pieces ever made. Mint condition with the original box.
Plays: Rock of Ages, How Great Thou Art, and What I Friend We Have In Jesus.
Size is: 14 1/2" W x 4" H x 6" D |
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We have a good selection of rare and retired items.
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The Music Box Company
1-800-588-1712
64 Main Street
Hwy 49
P.O. Box 1151
Sutter Creek, CA 95685
e-mail: musicboxcompany@comcast.net
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