RARE 19TH CENTURY WOODEN METAL CIGAR HOLDER MUSICAL. DOORS OPEN TO PLAY. IT WORKS. PLEASE READ ALL DETAILS BELOW AND MESSAGE WITH ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO offerDING. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.
THIS IS A 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN MUSICAL CIGAR HOLDER WHICH IS 10\" TALL AND APPROX. 6\"ACROSS.IT HAS 5 LITTLE DOORS THAT OPEN TO REVEAL THE LITTLE BURNISHED GOLD CIGAR HOLDERS. FOUR OF THE DOORS HOLD 3 CIGARS EACH AND THE FIFTH LITTLE DOOR HOLDS 6 SMALLER CIGARETTES.ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOORS ARE LITTLE BURNISHED GOLD EMBLEMS THAT HAVE A LITTLE VIOLIN WITH BOW. THESE ARE ATTACHED TO THE WOODEN DOORS.IT HAS BURNISHED GOLD METAL DECOR AROUND THE UPPER PORTION AND ALSO AT THE BOTTOM THERE ARE TWO ROWS OF THIS DECOR.IT HAS A WIND UP RING TO WIND THE MUSIC BOX.WHEN THE DOORS ARE ALL THE WAY OPEN, IT PLAYS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE TUNE...WISH I KNEW THE NAME OF THE TUNE BUT I DON\'T.IT ALSO HAS 5 LITTLE LEGS.ON ONE OF THE DOORS, THE UPPER METAL HOLDER IS MISSING AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE SECOND PHOTO TO THE RIGHT SIDE.DUE TO THE AGE, THE WOOD HAS LIGHT SCRATCHING WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE AS IT WAS ACTUALLY USED VERY MUCH BACK IN THE DAYS OF SMOKING PARLORS. (A LIGHT POLISHING WITH LEMON OIL WILL BRIGHTEN IT UP AND TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THIS)
THE KNOB ON TOP IS WHAT YOU OPEN IT WITH AND CLOSE IT AS WELL. DUE TO AGE, WHEN YOU OPEN, YOU HAVE TO HELP A COUPLE OF THE DOORS MANUALLY AND LIKEWISE TO CLOSE IT, BUT WITH PATIENCE IT WILL WORK AND YOU WILL FIND IT VERY DELIGHTFUL.THE TUNE IT PLAYS IS A VERY UPBEAT LITTLE TUNE RATHER THAN ONE OF THE SLOWER WALTZES.THIS IS ONE OF THE NEATEST MUSICAL ITEMS I HAVE RUN ACROSS IN ALL OF MY 45 YEARS OF BEING IN THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS..
IT WILL BE WELL PACKED AND INSURED FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.I AM PAYING ALL SHIPPING AND INSURANCE FOR YOU.
IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE MESSAGE ME AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.ALSO, IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE TUNE PRIOR TO offerDING, YOU MAY DO AN ADVANCED SEARCH TO FIND MY PHONE NUMBER AND I COULD PLAY IT FOR YOU OVER THE PHONE.
NOTE:: I DO ACCEPT RETURNS BUT AN ITEM MUST BE IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN SHIPPED AND I MUST BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO YOUR SHIPPING IT BACK. THE BUYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING RETURN SHIPPING AND IT MUST BE PACKED AS WELL AS WHEN SHIPPED AND MUST BE INSURED. (ON MY HIGHER PRICED ITEMS, I DO TAKE PHOTOS OF MY PACKING FOR SECURITY PURPOSES JUST IN CASE THERE IS DAMAGE AND A CLAIM HAS TO BE FILED WITH THE POST OFFICE) I WILL KEEP THESE PHOTOS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CLAIM IS COMPLETE.I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY DAMAGE AS MY SHIPPING RECORD IS EXCELLENT, BUT ONE NEVER KNOWS WITH THE ROUGH HANDLING BY THE POST OFFICE AT TIMES.
