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Novelty Oak Gramophone
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Adrian Hornsey Antiques

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Novelty Oak Gramophone

1900 - 1920
Description

Novelty Gramophone which when played the little boy tap dances in time to the music .

Height of Gramophone is19cm but 37cmto head of boy . Width excluding handle 37cm

and length 41cm excluding extra 12cm of boys dancing platform .

Mechanically sound and very amusing .

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Adrian Hornsey Antiques has dated this Novelty Oak Tabletop Gramophone to the 1920s.

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Description
Novelty Gramophone which when played the little boy tap dances in time to the music .

Height of Gramophone is19cm but 37cmto head of boy . Width excluding handle 37cm

and length 41cm excluding extra 12cm of boys dancing platform .

Mechanically sound and very amusing .

Date of Manufacture

Adrian Hornsey Antiques has dated this Novelty Oak Tabletop Gramophone to the 1920s.

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SA1240743
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Adrian Hornsey Antiques
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A square oak tabletop gramophone featuring a side winding crank, metal tonearm, black vinyl record, and a painted metal dancing figure attached to an extended wooden platform.
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Archive I A square oak tabletop gramophone featuring a side winding crank, metal tonearm, black vinyl record, and a painted metal dancing figure attached to an extended wooden platform.

Novelty Oak Gramophone

Archive II A square oak tabletop gramophone featuring a side winding crank, metal tonearm, black vinyl record, and a painted metal dancing figure attached to an extended wooden platform. View II
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Adrian Hornsey Antiques
Telephone 07836 347501
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Devon
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/Pauline
Verified Since Oct 2026
Items For Sale 35
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Adrian Hornsey Antiques
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A square oak tabletop gramophone featuring a side winding crank, metal tonearm, black vinyl record, and a painted metal dancing figure attached to an extended wooden platform.
Novelty oak Gramophone
Ref: SA1240743
A square oak tabletop gramophone featuring a side winding crank, metal tonearm, black vinyl record, and a painted metal dancing figure attached to an extended wooden platform.
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  • ObjectGramophones
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleEarly 20th Century
  • MaterialOak, Metal, Tin, Steel
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsOak cabinet, hand crank, tonearm, jointed novelty figure

This early 20th century novelty gramophone is constructed from warm brown oak, metal, tin, and steel, presented in a square tabletop cabinet with horizontal louvres, a side winding hand crank, a metal tonearm, and an extended wooden platform. Resting on this platform is a hand-painted tin novelty figure of a young boy with black hair, wearing a red jacket and yellow trousers, designed to tap dance when the machine plays a black vinyl record. The physical dimensions measure 19 cm in height to the top of the cabinet, 37 cm to the head of the boy, 37 cm in width excluding the handle, and 41 cm in length excluding the 12 cm projection of the boy's dancing platform. Placed on top of a sideboard in a study or gentleman's library, this mechanically sound piece provides visual entertainment while functioning as a musical player.

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Popularised in the early 20th century, novelty gramophone attachments were mechanical devices or jointed figures connected to the record spindle or tone arm designed to dance or move in sync with the spinning disc.

Early tabletop gramophones were constructed with solid or veneered hardwood cabinets, commonly oak or mahogany, housing steel spring motors, brass gearing, and nickel-plated metal tonearms.

Authentic period gramophones display mechanical spring-driven governor systems, period-correct winding handles, authentic wear to the metal plating, and original manufacturer soundboxes or identification plates.

A tabletop gramophone serves as a focal mechanical display piece when positioned on a library sideboard, executive desk, or low accent table within traditional or eclectic interior schemes.

Dust the wooden casing regularly with a soft, dry cloth and apply a high-grade beeswax polish sparingly, taking care to keep polish and moisture away from the mechanical gears and tone arm.
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