Bronze, gilded and partially enameled. Fully sculpted music box in the shape of a grand piano, standing on three conical legs with a small, round stool. Hinged piano and keyboard cover. Inside, a small compartment lined with red velvet. The walls are adorned with stylized, reliefed columns alternating with high oval medallions and flower calyx decorations. The covers, the keyboard, and the stool are decorated with fine polychrome enamel painting, partially depicting a pastoral scene with a shepherd couple, musicians, and two putti. Signed "G (?) B" on the underside. Height: 7.3 cm. Dimensions: 10 cm x 13 cm. Stool height: 3.2 cm. Provenance: R. Zohar, New York 2007; subsequently in a private collection in Brandenburg. A very fine Vienna gilt bronze music box in the shape of a grand piano with enamel paintings and a small stool. Indistinctly signed. Austria, Vienna, 2nd half of the 19th century.
Toys and games.
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Toys and games.
Toys and games.
Toys and games.
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