Victorian Walnut Polyphon Music Box

A fine Victorian walnut Polyphon box, late 19th century,…
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A fine Victorian walnut Polyphon box, late 19th century, Leipzig, the sarcophagus shaped walnut and burr walnut box with a stepped floral inlaid lid surrounded by foliate relief carving, the sides with panels and turned pilasters to each edge above a foliate carved extended base with bracket feet; and having a fine lithograph of cupids engaged in music to the inside lid. Height 35 cm. Width 57 cm. Depth 52.5 cm

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  • Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.

    The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.

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