"Kathleen Mavourneen": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Kathleen Mavourneen": date made: 1900-1910. user: Meggers, Edith R.. Object Name: music box disc.
The object in the museum catalogue
This music box disc was made by The Symphonion Company, in Leipzig, Germany, around 1900-1910. It is Symphonion Disc #6363 - "Kathleen Mavourneen," by Frederick Nicholls Crouch. This disc is playable in a Symphonion Disc Music Box that can accommodate a 13-5/8” diameter disc.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1900-1910
- user: Meggers, Edith R.
- Object Name: music box disc
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 13 5/8 in; x 34.6075 cm
- place made: Germany: Saxony, Leipzig
- ID Number: MI.74.27a.02
- catalog number: 74.27a.02
- accession number: 314637
- Credit Line: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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