拍品专文
This box is discussed in an article by Dr. Burnett in The Music Box, Vol.14 No.3 (1989) pp. 71-2. The change mechanism is illustrated in a diagram.
细节
A snuff box playing three airs
No.139 the one-piece comb stamped B.M., with musical tune change mechanism with six-lobe cam between the tune-change slide and cylinder lever, in tortoiseshell case with oval carved agate inset in lid --3¾in. (9.5cm.) wide, the cylinder 2 3/8in. (6cm.) (repairs to case)
See Colour Illustration
No.139 the one-piece comb stamped B.M., with musical tune change mechanism with six-lobe cam between the tune-change slide and cylinder lever, in tortoiseshell case with oval carved agate inset in lid --3¾in. (9.5cm.) wide, the cylinder 2 3/8in. (6cm.) (repairs to case)
See Colour Illustration