拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Fairly good condition overall and ready to use. As catalogued, this cabinet has been adapted from the case of an old organ or music box, which originally would have contained a mechanism to play the tunes listed on the inscribed paper to the inside of the cabinet. The base apparently contemporary to the upper section. It is now arranged with shelves and has been adapted in the way it opens, with later timbers to the interior, plugged and filled holes and tenons, and modern glass shelves. There are inevitable minor scratches, marks, knocks, chips, losses, wear, abrasions, shrinkage cracks and areas of discolouration overall, consistent with age and use. Some chips and wear to the paint, including the first word of the painted ribbon and the first label above the far left pull, which are illegible. Some repairs and replacements to mouldings and some sections of moulding have come off. The doors and catches with modern ball-bearing catches.