Information on Thorens music boxes. Thorens is a Swiss manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. They are historically renowned for the range of phonographs (turntables) they produce. In 1883, the Thorens family business was first registered in Sainte-Croix (Ste-Croix), Vaud, Switzerland by Hermann Thorens. An initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements (which they were still producing in the 1950s), they started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903. Reference: Wikipedia.
Thorens also made small musical boxes / musical movements which were inserted into soft toys such as the A J K Farnell Lady Kitty below.
Thorens Maker’s Mark
Thorens music box (20th C., Switzerland), featuring multiple movements and mechanisms, plays tunes such as “Blue Danube”, “Schubert’s Serenade”, “La Traviata” by Verdi, etc, in burl wood motif box, with two handles. 14″h x 16″w x 8″d
Sold for US$400 at Vogt Auction Texas in 2022
