Mandoline Cylinder Music Box: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mandoline Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1840-1860. Object Name: music box. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This music box was made by and undetermined maker, probably Switzerland, around 1840-1860. It is a mandoline cylinder music box, serial #10168, with 4 tunes. This music box has a single-piece comb with 201 teeth. The cylinder is 13-3/16" long. The music box is activated by a key wound spring.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1840-1860
- Object Name: music box
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 1/4 in x 20 1/2 in x 7 in; 13.335 cm x 52.07 cm x 17.78 cm
- place made: Switzerland
- ID Number: MI.382217
- accession number: 162289
- catalog number: 382217
- Credit Line: Gift of V. E. Snyder
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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