The company J. & A. Margolin Ltd. was established in London in 1916 by a British manufacturer of gramophones and other musical devices.
Their iconic products were primarily cabinet gramophones adorned with colorful parrots and labeled "Dulcetto." These devices became popular mainly due to their thoughtful design, which often reflected the aesthetic trends of the time, blending functionality with elegance. For these qualities, they remain sought after by collectors to this day.
The period of their greatest sales—spanning the late 1920s to the early 1930s—marked the peak of mechanical gramophone popularity, just before the advent of electric players, which elevated the experience of listening to reproduced sound to an entirely new level.