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French Style Guilloche Music Box with Chinese Enamel Tea Scoop

Item Details

A French style guilloche music box with Chinese enamel tea scoop. The music box, circa 1900 – 1920, presents ornate bronze roping and laurel leaves to the exterior and is lined with camphor at the interior. At the center of the guilloche lid is an oval frame featuring a offset lithograph print of a woman with sunflowers. The tea scoop features a carved stone handle, is circa Republic period (1912-1949) and marked to the verso.

Type Music Box
Materials Bronze, Enamel, Wood
Brand Unknown
Marks Unmarked
Origin France, China
Number of Items 2

Condition

- minor areas of enamel loss along rim, ends of feet, and handle base to tea scoop; stain to wood at interior of music box; darkening to bronze; fading to print in lid of music box; music box was tested and functional at time of assessment.

Dimensions

6.75" W x 2.25" H x 4.0" D

- measurements of music box only.

Item #

18CIN793-110

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