Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer chrome eliminating marbles as you go

eliminating marbles as you go and dropping them in the recessed corners

meaning each ring has its place in the stack and they are not so easy to arrange in different orders except near the top (I didn't want to risk them getting stuck while trying

probably by the owner of said barn

The dealer I purchased this old blown glass vial from noted it as 18th century

Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer chrome eliminating marbles as you goI'm not the least bit knowledgable about old phonographs, but know this is a "reproducer" disc, the function of which was is to convert the sound impressions from the record into sound waves. Coming across it the other day in Maine, I just loved seeing the words "talking machine" in perfect sans serif capital letters, and all the better combined with "Alura" and two stars in between. The first thing it made me think of, actually, was artificial