Swiss, late 19th century. Rosewood with string and marquetry inlaid, paint decorated 10 tune or 'airs' cylinder 'archetypal' music box. The rectangular hinged lid centered with musical trophy inlay opening to a painted interior and mounted with chromolithograph play card that lists the ten tunes and "No 317 1/2". The case with hinged glazed lid opening to 13" stationary cylinder, fully self-contained with crank wind lever to the right and with two switch levers to the left 'change/repeat’ and ‘stop/start’. The number "57507" is stamped on the handle of the crank. Approximate height 6.37", width 23.87", depth 9.87". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Susan E. Yeomans of S. Battery, Charleston, South Carolina (a descendant of former Governor of South Carolina Ibra C. Blackwood and his wife, Margaret Hodges; former President of the United States of America, Grover Cleveland; and former Governor of South Carolina, Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.).

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