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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 28719, member: 51"]Hi Mikey,</p><p><br /></p><p>Reuge, although an old company, is still in business. I think this box is newer than 1933 (based on the appearance and font of the labels on the base). Guessing this is 1960's plus or minus ten years. Some of the Italian music boxes have a following, not sure which exactly, but if you do list, be sure to put "Reuge" in the title. It does have a bit of an ANRI look, but pretty sure ANRI pieces are carved wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a time in the sixties when shellacked paper or some kind of plaster (?) figurines were made on top of music boxes like this, not sure exactly of the material used. I know my parents had an elaborate Disney Snow White dwarfs scene rotating box from Italy they put out at Christmas and the time frame would have been 60's or so, and looked something like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck with it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 28719, member: 51"]Hi Mikey, Reuge, although an old company, is still in business. I think this box is newer than 1933 (based on the appearance and font of the labels on the base). Guessing this is 1960's plus or minus ten years. Some of the Italian music boxes have a following, not sure which exactly, but if you do list, be sure to put "Reuge" in the title. It does have a bit of an ANRI look, but pretty sure ANRI pieces are carved wood. There was a time in the sixties when shellacked paper or some kind of plaster (?) figurines were made on top of music boxes like this, not sure exactly of the material used. I know my parents had an elaborate Disney Snow White dwarfs scene rotating box from Italy they put out at Christmas and the time frame would have been 60's or so, and looked something like this. Best of luck with it![/QUOTE]
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