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).