Mermod Freres Cylinder Music Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1887
name: label: maker
content: Mermod Freres
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box was made by Mermod Freres in St. Croix, Switzerland, around about 1887. It is a cylinder music box, with 2 tunes. This music box has a one-piece comb with 50 teeth. The cylinder is 2-7/16" long. The music box is activated with a key wound spring.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This music box features the following patents:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #336210, dated February 16, 1886, by Louis Campiche, for improvements in the manufacture of musical boxes.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>U. S. Patent #374394, dated December 6, 1887, by Louis Campiche, for improvements in music boxes.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John White McBurney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.098
label: catalog number
content: 66.098
label: accession number
content: 261566
label: catalog number
content: 66.98
label: patent number
content: 336210
label: patent number
content: 374394
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Music Box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 13.335 cm x 8.255 cm