Music box and key
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wood box with lid attached with three hinges. At front, decoration of two roses, and a keyhole. At side, a key with the mark: IP. IG. Inside is the music cylinder. Printed paper label affixed inside the lid with two brass tacks. Striped border with lyre and face. Text reads: Six Airs / Etouffoirs en acier soit a Spiraux. Listed at center are the songs: Home Sweet Home; Motif de l’Ouverture de Gustave, d’Auber; Jim Crow; Berger Galop de Strauss; Isabel; and Finale du Serment, d’Auber.
place: label: made in
content: Switzerland
label: used in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-165-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Music box and key
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Wood, brass, printed paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11.1 × 40.6 × 12.1 cm (4 3/8 in. × 16 in. × 4 3/4 in.)