OT, My latest and possibly oldest Music box

Well not really a box but this rotating figure is what i think is celluloid? made in Italy with Reuge musical movements.
I Tre Porcellini (Three little pigs) Disney animated movie 1933

Mikey

 

Where's the key for the movement? What tune does it play? I'm not seeing the connection to The 3 Little Pigs. Maybe the label doesn't belong?

Could this be one of those ANRI things? (I have no familiarity with them.)

 

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!

 

I agree with Lucille.
Late 60s - early 70s.
Lacquered papermache or light plaster.

Bob - the winding would have been done by twisting the base. Which I also believe to be a newer than 30s movement.


Love this edit button.
Lucille - Anri also makes resin figurines.

 

I have been buying and selling Reuge boxes for over twenty years now and can say for sure that I have seen this same label on ones dating into the 1940's. I didn't say this was 1930's, just the song dates back that far.
Yes the bottom of the base is wood and you turn it to wind the box. the figure and the stand are of some kind of hollow plastic type material. creamy white on the inside and all painted on the outside. very light weight not like plaster or resin would be. the figure looks more like a rendition of a Hummel figure rather than anri.

 

It looks like a 60s Hummel clone to me too.

 

Hi Mikey! It looks cast resin to me. If I remember correctly, these may be hollow in the center. I see both Hummel and Anri characteristics, moreso Hummel in the subject matter and Anri in color. 1960s.

 

Hi,
I agree with the above, it is a copy of Hummel's "The Goose Girl."
greg

 

Just FYI -- The Three Little Pigs story predates the Disney movie. They were just using an older tale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs

 

The material looks like the figures imported from Japan.

The label just indicates the music movement was Reuge from Switzerland. The Made in Italy label indicates all the parts were assembled there and exported from Italy.

So the figure could very well be MIJ.

examples:
https://www.google.com/search?q=jap...gE&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1603&bih=1090&dpr=0.85

 

Hello did you ever find the exact name of you music figurine? I recently found one almost identical to this one.

 

Welcome, Meghan310 -- I am going to put in a tag for Mikey just to make it more likely that he will see this. @916Bulldogs123

 

No I was never able to. find anything else about it.