Musical Snuff Box
date: label: date made
content: 1838-1842
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box was likely made by Jules Cuendet, in Switzerland, around 1838-1842. It is a musical snuff box, with 2 tunes. This music box has a two-piece comb with 41 teeth. The music box is activated by a key wound spring. Carved on the top of the music box:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Ile de Ste. Helene, Habitation de Napoleon</p>
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content: <p>Stamped on bedplate:</p>
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content: <p>JCd</p>
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content: <p>Clever miniature portable devices, musical snuff boxes such as this one were called <i>carillons à musique</i>. Highly desired objects of status and crafted primarily in Switzerland, they influenced the development and popularity of all music box production in the 19th century. This musical snuff box was likely a souvenir.</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: The Monsignor John M. Cooper Collection of African, American Indian, Oceanic and Philippine Ethnology presented by the Catholic University of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.58.047
label: catalog number
content: 58.047
label: accession number
content: 211312
label: catalog number
content: 58.47
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: 1 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 9.525 cm x 6.35 cm