Stollwerck chocolate disc phonograph, 1903

Made:: 1903 in Cologne

maker:: Stollwerck

Stollwerck's 'Chocolate Phonograph' by Stollwerck Bros., Cologne, Germany, with wax disc, song 'British Grenadiers', 1903. Fitted with later cardboard disc and foam packing.

Stollwerck chocolate disc gramophone with one wax record, 1903.

Details

Category:: Sound Reproduction

Object Number:: 1980-1477

Materials:: steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), wax, cardboard and plastic foam packing

Measurements:: overall: 215 mm x 265 mm x 140 mm, .38kg

type:: phonograph cylinders

credit:: Christie's (South Kensington).

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