music box

human history

Description
music box, six tunes, crank wound wood case with inlaid wood and mother of pearl, elaborate bronze handles at either end, hinged lid, with second glass lid showing interior
Place
Switzerland
Accession Number
1998.60.98
Accession Date
10 Oct 1998
Other Id
160 (Castle)
Department
Applied Arts and Design

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Credit Line
The Zillah Castle and Ronald Castle Collection of Musical Instruments, (160), collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1998.60.98
Collection
Ronald Castle and Zillah Castle
Primary Maker
not known (Instrument maker)
Place
Switzerland
Date
Pre 1998
Signature/marks
"-"
Media
wood/plant material
bronze/copper alloy/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material
metal/inorganic material
glass/inorganic material
mother of pearl
brass (alloy)/copper alloy/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material
Measurement Description
length 178 x width 608 x depth 258 mm
Measurement Reading
178mm
608mm
258mm
Classification
Box, Music
Instrument, Mechanical
Musical Instruments
Musical T&E
06 Tools & Equipment for Communication

122.2 With cut-out lamellae
122 In the form of a comb
12 Plucked idiophones
1 idiophones
Last Update
15 May 2018

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