Musical box
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, wood and paper
Measurements
199 mm (length); 199 mm (width); 70 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664051
Summary
A square wooden musical box. The top is painted red and has a circular inset which is decorated with a geometric pattern. Around the edge of the circle and the four edges of the top of the box is a gold coloured border. The sides of the box are inset of the top and base. They are covered with an imitation wood grain paper. On one side of the box is a revolving metal handle with a turned wooden handrail. The box is sealed.
Provenance
Loaned to the Museum of Childhood by the Betty Cadbury Trust Sudbury in May 1993.