Music box
Distributor
John Howard Foote
Date1863-1896 ca.
Place MadeGeneva, Switzerland, Europe
Serial No.20989
SignedPrinted on paper label adhered to inside of lid: (within oval medallion) Trade / J / H [lyre] F / NY / MarkMarkingsStamped on great wheel and bracket supporting cylinder arbor: 209 89
Tune list attached to inside of case lid with four brass domed nails; tune names and composers written by hand in ink:
1 Mascot Coaching - Audran
2 A Night of Venice Barcarolle - Strauss
3 Eillen Allana
4 William Tell Tyrolienne - Rossini
5 Jockey galop
6 Aus Osterreichs Bergen mazurka
7 Auld Robin Gray
8 Merry War Waltz - StraussDescriptionWood case. One-piece comb. Cast brass bedplate.Dimensionscase: 16 in. (406 mm) x 5-1/2 in. (140 mm) x 7-1/2 in. (190 mm)
comb length: 8 in. (203 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02757
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1865-1885 ca.
