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RUS-002
Vintage 1988 Franklin Mint Music
Box "Raymonda" Franklin Mint's
"Masterpieces of the Russian
Ballet"
Made by
"Franklin Mint" The box is
in excellent condition.
There are no scratches,
chips or wear in the paint.
Unfortunately it doesn't
come with any of the
original packaging or
papers.
Price:
$20.00
Shipping: Calculated
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 1.5" approx
Weight:
16 oz
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A music box made in 1988
from the Franklin Mint's "Masterpieces of
the Russian Ballet" collection by Natasha
Beshenkovsky featuring a melody from, and
artwork portraying the ballet Raymonda by
Marius Petipa and Alexander Glazunov. It is
hand-painted and hand decorated with 22k
gold.
The ballet was first presented by the
Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky
Theatre on January 19, 1898 in Saint
Peters-burg, Russia and was made for the
Italian ballerina, Pierina Legnani, who
created the title role.
The ballet tells of a noblewoman, Raymonda
who is engaged to knight name Jean de
Brienne who has to leave on crusade with the
King of Hungary, Andrei II. That night she
has a dream where she is in a garden and
Jean appears, but before long he suddenly
disappears and is replaced with an eastern
knight she's never met. He professes her
love to her, disturbed, she falls
unconscious and the dream ends. When she
wakes, she believes it to be a bad omen. In
the second act there are festivities at the
castle and among the guests is a Saracen
knight, Abderakhman, accompanied by a
glorious entourage. Recognizing him from her
dream she becomes terrified. He offers her
power and riches if she'll give him her
heart and marry him, but when she refuses he
becomes angry and then attempts to kidnap
her. The Jean and the knights appear, having
returned from the crusade. King Andrei II
suggests that the two settle the matter in a
duel and Jean emerges the victor. The ballet
ends with the marriage of Raymonda and Jean. |
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RUS-003
Vintage 1988 Franklin Mint Music
Box "Pulcinella" Franklin Mint's
"Masterpieces of the Russian
Ballet"
Made by
"Franklin Mint" The box is
in excellent condition.
There are no scratches,
chips or wear in the paint.
Unfortunately it doesn't
come with any of the
original packaging or
papers.
Price:
$20.00
Shipping: Calculated
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 1.5" approx
Weight:
16 oz
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A music box made in 1988
from the Franklin Mint's "Masterpieces of
the Russian Ballet" collection by Natasha
Beshenkovsky featuring a melody from, and
artwork portraying the ballet inspired by a
character type originating in Commedia
dell'arte; Pulcinella. It is hand-painted
and hand decorated with 22k gold.
A character that has
been brought into many forms of theater and
puppetry all across Europe and had many
plays and ballets inspired by him. One of
the most famous is ballet by his same name
written by Igor Stravinsky in 1920 for the
Ballets Russes.
The ballet is only
one act long and features Pulcinella, his
girlfriend Pimpinella and his friends,
Furbo, Prudenza, Rosetta, Florindo and
Cloviello. Florindo and Cloviello try
serenading Prudenza and Rosetta but are
rejected and splashed with water after which
Prudenza's father chases them off. Later,
Rosetta and her father appear where Rosetta
dances for Pulcinella and then kisses him,
but his girlfriend Pimpinella interrupts in
a rage. Florindo and Cloviello out of
jealousy beat him up and stab him, but it is
later revealed that it was all set up to get
Pimpinella to forgive Pulcinella. Their
friend Furbo arrives disguised as a magician
and "revives" him from the dead after which
Pimpinella does forgive him. Later, Prudenza
and Rosetta do fall to Florindo and
Cloviello's wooing, having been willing to
kill a man for their love. It ends with the
couples all marrying. |
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RUS-005
Vintage 1988 Franklin Mint
Music Box "The Stone Flower"
Franklin Mint's "Masterpieces
of the Russian Ballet"
Made
by "Franklin Mint" The box
is in excellent condition.
There are no scratches,
chips or wear in the
paint. Unfortunately it
doesn't come with any of
the original packaging or
papers.
Price:
$20.00
Shipping: Calculated
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 1.5"
approx
Weight:
16 oz
packed CRATE 010
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A music
box made in 1988 from the Franklin Mint's
"Masterpieces of the Russian Ballet"
collection by Natasha Beshenkovsky featuring
a melody from, and artwork portraying the
ballet adaption of an old folk tale; The
Stone Flower. This is hand painted and hand
decorated with 22k gold.
A folk tale from the Ural region of Siberian
it was rewritten by Pavel Bazhov and
published in Literaturnaya Gazeta on 10 May
1938 and later in a tales collective, The
Malachite Box. It was later adapted into
ballet in 1944 by Alexander Fridlender.
The story tells of a man named Danilo who is
seen as weak and strange by his village and
is sent away to study under a
stone-craftsman named Prokopich. One day he
is commissioned to make a finely sculpted
cup but after completing his work he's
extremely dissatisfied. Believing his work
to be undesirable to others, he feels as
though he just spoils the stone. One day
he's told a story of a beautiful stone
flower that grows in the domain of the
Mistress of the Copper Mountain but e is
warned that while any who see it come to
understand the beauty of stone, "life loses
all sweetness" and they will never want to
return home. He disregards the warning
despite the willing of his fiance and goes
to see the flower. After pleading with the
The Mistress who gives him the warning
again, she reveals the flower to him. Amazed
by the flower's beauty he quickly returns
home to gather his belongings then
disappears, never to be seen again. |
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RUS-006
Vintage 1988 Franklin Mint Music
Box "Song of the Nightingale"
Franklin Mint's "Masterpieces of
the Russian Ballet"
Made by
"Franklin Mint" The box is
in excellent condition.
There are no scratches,
chips or wear in the paint.
Unfortunately it doesn't
come with any of the
original packaging or
papers.
Price:
$20.00
Shipping: Calculated
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 1.5" approx
Weight:
16 oz
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A
music box made in 1988 from the Franklin
Mint's "Masterpieces of the Russian Ballet"
collection by Natasha Beshenkovsky featuring
a melody from the symphonic poem Le Chant du
rossignol or Song of the Nightingale by Igor
Stravinsky and artwork portraying the ballet
adaption. This is hand painted and hand
decorated with 22k gold.
It was written in 1917 and is an adaption of
an earlier work of a similar name from 1914.
It was then adapted into ballet and debuted
February 1920 at the Theatre National de
l'Opera in Paris.
The story tells of the Emperor of China who
loved listening to a nightingale sing
outside his window. Later, the Emperor of
Japan gives him a mechanical bird as gift
and everyone is so amazed that they all
forget the nightingale who then flies away
upset. Overtime the Emperor of China grows
ill and misses the bird that used to sing
outside his window. When he dies, the
nightingale returns and convinces death to
let him go. All are surprised that the
Emperor still lives but the nightingale
returns to nature once more. |
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RUS-007
Vintage 1988 Franklin Mint Music
Box "Scheherazade" Franklin
Mint's "Masterpieces of the
Russian Ballet"
Made by
"Franklin Mint" The box is
in excellent condition.
There are no scratches,
chips or wear in the paint.
Unfortunately it doesn't
come with any of the
original packaging or
papers.
Price:
$20.00
Shipping: Calculated
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 1.5" approx
Weight:
16 oz
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A music box made in 1988
from the Franklin Mint's "Masterpieces of
the Russian Ballet" collection by Natasha
Beshenkovsky featuring a melody from the
symphonic poem Scheherazade by Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov and artwork portraying the
ballet adaption. This is hand painted and
hand decorated with 22k gold.
It was written in 1888 based on 'One
Thousand and One Nights" also known as "The
Arabian Nights," Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an
introduction to present with the piece:
"The Sultan Schariar, convinced that all
women are false and faithless, vowed to put
to death each of his wives after the first
nuptial night. But the Sultana Scheherazade
saved her life by entertaining her lord with
fascinating tales, told seriatim, for a
thousand and one nights. The Sultan,
consumed with curiosity, postponed from day
to day the execution of his wife, and
finally repudiated his bloody vow entirely."
It was later adapted into ballet by the
Ballets Russes and premiered June 4, 1910,
at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. |
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