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Article #115: Four Must Have Musical Art Objects for the Music Box and Antique Collector

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There are other lovely pieces of musical of Paris to name a few.
art objects in addition to ballerina Some musical watches are difficult and
music boxes, music figurines, wooden expensive to repair. Therefore, the music
jewelry boxes, and other types of music box and antique collector need to inspect
boxes and antiques that the music box and a watch carefully before it is purchased
antique collector can look for. These are to ensure it is in good working order and
the musical seal, musical watches, early not of inferior quality.
carillon and automaton boxes, and musical Early Carillon and Automaton
watches with singing birds and barking A valuable prize for music box and
dogs. antique collector would be to find a
Musical Seals music box, which plays on bells instead
The musical seal is a piece of musical of steel teeth. Finding such a box as
jewelry. The musical movement typically this would be a rare find. David Tallis
is one with eight notes; therefore, only states: "Very few boxes appear on the
very simple tunes can be played on them. open market and one of the most recent,
They also are always made of gold and an enameled gold box containing a
decorated with enamel and hard stones. carillon musical movement, fetched
Because musical seals are expensive, the several thousands pounds in the
music box and antique collector needs to salesrooms".
be very careful they are not purchasing a Watches with Singing Birds and Barking
fake imitation. David Tallis in "Music Dogs
Boxes: A Guide for Collectors" has this The rarest of most musical art is the
to say: "If you have any doubts about musical watch with either a singing bird
buying a musical seal, look very or barking dog. The singing bird has the
carefully at the stop-start slide. If the mechanisms of the singing bird in
seal is a fake, you can usually see that addition to normal watch functions. When
the hole for the slide cover is cut a special lever is pressed, a bird
rather crudely in the gold." appears out of the watches side and on
Musical Watches its back all the while singing a song.
Musical watches were made for those who The barking dog musical watch has an
loved "show off" accessories in the animated dog which barks and is displayed
regency period. The maker of the first when the watch hours change. This musical
musical watch was Philippe Sameul Meylan, watch is quite rare and would be a great
who made the watch with a radial disc addition for the collection of the music
type movement. The music played by most box and antique collector.
watches is Swiss traditional tunes such For the music box and antique collector,
as "Ranz des Vaches". There also are some there are other interesting and unique
which play the national anthems of France pieces of musical art, which can be found
and England. in addition to ballerina music boxes,
Musical watches were made by a number of music figurines, and wooden jewelry
people such as Le Roy of Paris, Henri boxes. Why not expand your collection
Capt of Geneva, and Jean Antoine Lepine today?






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