Elena Napoleone

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Vintage pepper grinder with a music box, made in Italy with Capodimonte-style porcelain details and silvered metal finishes. The central porcelain body features bas-relief decorations depicting dancing putti or cherubs immersed in a landscape with a floral motif. Regarding the musical mechanism, the music box contains inside it a Swiss movement that plays a typical Mediterranean melody when the grinder is lifted from the surface. Underneath the base is the pepper outlet hole from which pepper has just been ground, and it has a wind-up knob for the music box. It is a collectible item typical of Italian artisan production from the 1950s. It is confirmed that the musical music box pepper grinder functions.

Measurements:
Height: 26 cm
Base diameter: 9 cm

Macinapepe musicale vintage con carillon, realizzato in Italia con dettagli in porcellana in stile Capodimonte e finiture in metallo argentato. Il corpo centrale in porcellana presenta decorazioni in altorilievo raffiguranti putti o cherubini danzanti immersi in un paesaggio con motivo floreale. per quanto riguarda il funzionamento musicale il carillon monta all'interno di esso un movimento musicale Svizzero che suona una tipica melodia mediterranea quando si solleva il macinino dal piano. Sotto la base presenta il foro di uscita del pepe che è stato appena macinato e possiede una manopola di carica del carillon. È un oggetto da collezione tipico della produzione artigianale italiana degli anni '50. Si conferma che il Macinapepe musicale carillon, "funziona"

Le misure sono:
Altezza cm 26
diametro base cm 9

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Music box - 1940-1950

Good - Including: Music box - No extra's

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Vintage pepper mill with carillon, made in Italy with porcelain and silvered metal details, the porcelain body features bas-relief decorations of dancing cherubs in a floral landscape; height 26 cm, base diameter 9 cm, weight 700 g, period 1940–1950, condition good, no extras, carillon Swiss movement and it functions.

Music box - 1940-1950

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