Music Box
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| Caption | Rectangular tortoise shell box with hinged back, containing key. Oval, hinged and parcel-gilt medallion on top, engraved with flying crane and flowers. Catch on front of box opens this medallion and releases a small feather-covered bird. This automaton beats its wings, opens and closes its beak and pivots on a vertical axis while twittering. Beneath it, a cut-out medallion with and scrolls. B) a key. Made in: France. Date: 1770s. Record ID: chndm_1958-42-1-a_b. |
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| Creator | unknown |
| Artwork medium | Tortoiseshell, silver gilt, feathers |
| Credit | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
| Terms of use | Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | Music Box Rectangular tortoise shell box hinged containing key |
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| YCH034209-001 | 6,387 x 4,851 pixels | 4 |
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