3 Tips for Starting A Music Box Collection in 2006

3 Tips for starting a Music Box Collection in 2006 3 Tips for starting a Music Box Collection in 2006 For those who love to collect inlaid music boxes, musical jewelry boxes, ballerina music boxes, antique music boxes and, like CD / DVD-driven cylinder music boxes, musical snuff boxes, and want, there are many things you can do when it comes to looking for the perfect field. However, there are different, leading to some music boxes to find the others. These are the materials, decorations, and the date of box.MaterialsAll music music boxes are not the same. The type of material a carousel music box, wooden music box, inlaid music box, or a box of old music, which helps to ensure their uniqueness. For example, in the early 19th Century, musical snuff boxes of material were cheap from the family of precious metals like gold and silver. There was also some 'music boxes made of brass, which has been playing rare.Other snuff cans, boxes, such as music were made of wood, horn and tortoiseshell. Musical snuff boxes of wood, made of materials such as oak and walnut Burr Burr were very beautiful. Amboyna wood, from Amboyna Cay, a small island in the South China Sea, were also gorgeous. For those collectors who like to collect wood, musical boxes, finding a box from one of these materials would be good for their wonderful collection.DecorationMusic jewelry boxes, inlaid music boxes, jewelry boxes for children and other types of ancient music boxes are all decorated differently. The type of decoration of a collector of music boxes will be based on personal preferences. Some music box collector, you can start the 19th Century music boxes, since many of the lids were used for decoration. For example, the lids of many musical snuffboxes were miniatures painted on ivory. For a music-box collectors, such a finding, as this would be a price. In Music Boxes: A Guide for Collectors, David Tallis suggests that "a good artist to search for Charles-Claude Delaye, France in the first half of the 19th Century. One of his miniatures on a musical snuffbox is copper with gold frame and a beveled glass ... If you are lucky to find a musical snuff-box, whose lid was Italian with mini-mosaic. They are the most intelligent and not too often. If you have more luck you will find an e-mail with a Swiss miniature on the lid. "careful research, time and patience are more likely for the music box on a collector in search of a music box with decorations with.Date who love music BoxThere things are specific to a collector of music box should appear as when they try, the date on which the musical jewelry box, inlaid music box, ballerina music boxes, Carousel Music Box, and other antique musical boxes. A collector must carefully study its design. Once again, the author David Tallis says that "can not strict rules, of course, but if the characteristics of a model at a time, the nature of the box and the choice of music, a fairly accurate guess on the manufacturing . "examples of what collectors can occur when you try to date a music box, as proposed by Tallis are: laminated comb: 1796-1810 cutting comb in groups of 1: 1796-1820 Schnittdarstellung Kamm Group 2: 1810-1820 display a piece of cut comb: 1820 onwardsOther features to look for when evaluating the timing of an integrated music box also noticed, is a cylindrical wire or without wax. The result is a music-box metallic sound, and is the box in front of 1820. These are just some examples of what collectors can search. If a collector wants to know if the date on which the music box Tallis said: "There is only one way to be certain about the year of manufacture. If this is allowed in gold and silver or English, it is a mark which can be up to a valuable book entitled "Guide for the marks of origin of the British and Irish Silver Plate" by Frederick Bradbury. This brochure presents all the characteristics of the main office as of mid-sixteenth century to the present day. Other books are recommended by Tallis Silver Collection for Amateurs "by James Henderson," the trademark Gold and Silver Plate "by W. Chaffers, and "Les Internationaux de Poincons security for the money" of Tardy.Lastly Al Meekins, owner of the Meekins Music Box Company in Collingsworth, New Jersey, has this advice for music collector box, which was the Stella "and" Mira "box. Meekins said: "Looking for a quality machine that is not too badly worn and is in restored condition." In addition, you can find a buyer for the initials of the craftsman, which is located at the tip of the roof, for the amount of paper, or on a plaque on the music collection box.Many enjoy music lovers collection of old boxes, wooden jewelry boxes, music boxes, jewelry, inlaid boxes and music. Finding the right, a box collection of music or to supplement existing can be done. Follow the suggestions above, and a collection today.Copyright 2005 Monique Hawkins HawkinsMonique is the owner of the shop on-line gift to a music store specializing in products such as inlaid ballerina music boxes for ballerina rooms d? cor, whimsical carousel music boxes, music boxes and jewelry. The company provides interesting information for music lovers of all ages. Monique is also the author of the blog "What You Never Knew About Music" and owner of the eBay Store "Monique? s Music Box "to: