These included pictures, glassware, pottery,
musical boxes, vases, dolls, plates and bottles.
Other work on showincludes an abstract multicoloured installation that comprises materials such as hair rollers and wristwatch straps by Ruth Spaak, a beautiful ball-shaped ceramic sculpture made up of hundreds of small, white, ceramic, barnacle-shaped bowls by Natasha Lewer and a series of brightly-coloured
musical boxes complete with a winder by Alexandra Lacoste.
THIS gem is classed as both "mechanical music" (barrel organs and
musical boxes ) and "automata" (clockwork dolls and other figures).
The amazing haul, including paintings, pistols, oil lamps, bronzes and
musical boxes, was found strewn around the home of 79-year-old Tommy Tranter when he died last September.
Musical boxes jostle with marionettes on shelves where are displayed all manner of strange devices and magician's "props."
On entering the shelter, lit by LED fairy lights, visitors will be able to "play" the constellations' unique tunes by turning the handles of
musical boxes.
It includes
musical boxes, symphonions which played seven-and-a-half inch discs, organettes, phonographs, gramophones, an art deco combined wireless and gramophone, a pigmyphone for children, a doll's house record of less than two inches in diameter which plays God Save the King, and postcards and stamps of gramophones and music halls.
The evening concludes with Stockhausen's last completed composition, Tierkreis (Zodiac), initially conceived for
musical boxes, BCMG joined here by the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble.
Jennie Davis, a 79-year-old former post office worker, from Acklam: "My husband William used to buy me little boxes with 'I love you' written on them and little mementos like
musical boxes."
She's exactly the ballerina every little girl present must have wished for their
musical boxes.
Look out too for the selection of
musical boxes, from the traditional twirling ballerina to far more eclectic designs, and traditional toys the like of which you won't have seen since you were in plaits or short trousers.
As well as crumb brushes and pans, the style can be seen in furniture, clock cases, picture frames,
musical boxes, coat stands and desk accessories such as ink wells.
John Smith, of Birmingham Antiques, put on a display of impressive
musical boxes and other local dealers showed off their sewing tools and teddy bears.
The percussionist had a blether with another fan of fabulous
musical boxes, ranging from the traditional sort to one contained within a grandfather clock.
Helen is transferring the designs into punched paper strips and visitors will be able to enter the shelter, lit by LED fairy lights, and 'play' the constellations' unique tunes by turning the handles of
musical boxes.
