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TitleMusical Snuff Box with Cylinder Movement
Creatorunknown
PlaceGeneva (Switzerland)
Year ca. 1820
Object number0396
Object categorymechanical instruments with playing comb, music boxes
Object namemusic box with cylinder
DescriptionThis musical snuffbox comes in a gold-plated silver box with a sophisticated diamond pattern.
Accompanying textsThe box has a segmented playing comb and can play two melodies.
Snuff powder was widely used across Europe by the 17th century. The use of this stimulant also generated the production of beautiful snuff boxes, which at their peak were combined with music boxes. Many examples of musical snuff boxes can be seen in our collections. Even the prototype of the very first music box (1796) by Antoine Favre-Solomon featured a so-called 'tabatière'. The earliest snuffboxes with musical movements date from around 1810.
Snuff powder was widely used across Europe by the 17th century. The use of this stimulant also generated the production of beautiful snuff boxes, which at their peak were combined with music boxes. Many examples of musical snuff boxes can be seen in our collections. Even the prototype of the very first music box (1796) by Antoine Favre-Solomon featured a so-called 'tabatière'. The earliest snuffboxes with musical movements date from around 1810.
Dimensions
geheel height: 2.1 cm
geheel width: 8.5 cm
geheel depth: 5.2 cm
cilinder diameter: 1.2 cm
geheel width: 8.5 cm
geheel depth: 5.2 cm
cilinder diameter: 1.2 cm
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