Stella Swiss Tall Music Box

<p>I do believe these draw five figures. $15,000 - $25,000 would not surprise me.</p><p>I have some info somewhere. I&#39;ll go digging. </p>

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Stella. Disc music boxes made by Mermod Frères, St. Croix, Switzerland, 1890s-early 1900s. Your 1850&#39;s manufacture date is a bit early according to this source http://www.mbsi.org/manufacturers.php#S

<p> The disc type music boxes first appeared in the 1880&#39;s. Instead using of a cumbersome metal cylinder to pluck the musical comb, a replaceable disc was used, allowing multiple tunes to be played on the same machine. These were produced in a wide variety of sizes from small table top machines with discs less than 10 inches in diameter to large free standing units with 33 inch discs. <br /> <br /> The disc players were made for a relatively short time, most companies that produced them closed soon after the invention of Edison&#39;s Phonograph. Polyphone was the world&#39;s largest manufacturer of disc music boxes, the period of greatest popularity was from 1895-1905. The big Stellas like this one sell at a premium, depending on the size of the discs, $10,000 and up. here&#39;s a link for you:</p><p>http://www.mechantiques.com/discmusicboxes.asp</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lovej… </p>