Swiss cylinder tiger oak music box, Mermod Freres, Switzerland, c.1880s, distributed by Jacot's Music Box Company, New York, front panel mounted with carved foliated scrollwork, beveled corners, molded lid opening to compartmentalized storage, and glazed panel on hinges, revealing movement playing twelve airs on an approx 10" cylinder, tone comb retaining forty-two tines, equipped with at-will air selector, last patented safety check marked May 8, 1888, serial number 76845 marked at base, retaining chromolithograph program behind later glass pane, comb lacking (four) tines, observed operating, overall: approx 8.25"h, 28.25"w, 12.5"d, 33.5lbs **Provenance: The music box was inherited by the consignor's mother-in-law, the daughter of early Texas settlers and an avid antique collector, and has remained with the family in Texas ever since.**

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