Barnett Henry Abrahams

Barnett Henry Abrahams (1839-1902) was a musical box maker and dealer. In 1857 he emigrated to Switzerland and founded a business manufacturing musical boxes.He later moved to Sainte-Croix in 1895 and started making cylinder and disc musical boxes. Many of his boxes are named ‘Britannia’.

His sons continued the business after his death and they had a London address at 133/135 Houndsditch which was still listed as trading in 1915.