Music Box

Hampton National Historic Site, National Park Service
Towson, MD, United States

This music box plays “musique mandolin” tunes from operas by Bellini and Verdi and waltzes by Labitzky. It is recorded in family journals that the Ridgelys attended the opera while living in Paris in 1847-1848, so it seems likely that they purchased this music box at that time.

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Title: Music Box
Location: Geneva, Switzerland;
Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/hampton/exb/life_style/music/HAMP2961_musicBox.html
Source: Hampton National Historic Site
National Park Service Catalog Number: HAMP 2961
Measurements: H 14.1, W 18.7, L 61 cm
Materials: Rosewood, brass, steel, glass
Date: 1847-1870
Company: Ducommun-Girod

Hampton National Historic Site, National Park Service

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