RARE ZIMBALIST 3/50 IN HANS JENSEN SILVERPLATE REPUSSE FLORAL DESIGN \”RIO RITA/ LA PALOMA/ MARCHETA\”. RARE ZIMBALIST 3/50 IN HANS JENSEN SILVERPLATE REPUSSE FLORAL DESIGN (SEE VIDEO). The box is a silver plated repousse Hans Jensen cabinet decorated with roses and vines that was made in Denmark and is stamped with a whale hallmark of the maker (see photos). The underside of the lid of the cabinet is lined with a purplish blue velveteen. The piece was then assembled by the Fred Zimbalist Company in the United States to include a Swiss made Thorens 3 tune 50 note changing musical movement. Each Zimbalist piece is an individual work of art, and no two are exactly alike. The silver plating of this piece has been professionally polished and is in excellent condition. The musical movement has a winding key located on the underside of the cabinet, and when wound the musical movement will start playing immediately when the lid of the cabinet is opened (see video). WEIGHT: 2.3 lbs. DIMENSIONS: 8-1/4″ wide x 4-1/2″ length x 2-3/4 tall. A member of the renowned Harmonicats, (he played on the Ed Sullivan show several times), and was a member of the SPAH, Society for the Advancement of the Harmonica. Related to Ephrem Zimballist, Sr. (the famed concert violinist), he founded the Zimbalist Music Box Company of Cleveland, Ohio. He is known for these highly prized & unique Nickel Silver Plated on brass pieces along with other finely detailed & hand carved wooden pieces from India & exquisite Silver & Silver Plated Repousse cabinets from Hans Jensen in Denmark & Jennings Brothers in Bridgeport, CT USA. The Music Box Repair Center Unlimited offers unprecedented personalized customer service in the repair and restoration of all makes and models of mechanical music mechanisms. We service music boxes utilizing cylinders & metallic discs. We also service musical jewelry boxes, Reuge (Swiss) & Italian mechanical musical cigarette/lipstick carousels (aka mosques), mechanical singing bird boxes & bird cages, mechanical whistlers, musical pocket watches & clocks, lockets and musical figurines, ballerina boxes, nutcrackers and smokers. We also sell and service the parts for the musical mechanisms in most cuckoo clocks. Additionally, as the sole North American distributor of REUGE & ROMANCE movements, The Music Box Repair Center Unlimited, has a complete inventory of Reuge & Romance mounting hardware & replacement parts. We also carry all the replacement parts for the THORENS AD30 4½ disc mechanisms & those made later by Reuge – Romance. Additionally, we stock the world’s largest selection of Thorens 4½ inch Discs, with over 300 different tunes to choose from. Thank you for your time and consideration of our music boxes, parts and services. Please let us know how we can be of any service to you, or your friends & family for music box parts or repair/restoration services.