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Musical box and photo of living room in which it might have been used. Click to open the music box

This musical box has a lovely inlaid wooden box. It contains a cylinder mechanism which plays the tune when it is wound by clockwork.

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Roll over this photo to switch between the music box in the museum's collection and a photo of a Victorian parlour room where such a box may have been played. Click to see open music box.

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