This is a "Ideal Sublime Harmonie Piccolo" box with huge 18" Cylinders. Made approx. 1890.
The solid mahogany case features fine bas relief carving on the front, with a panelled lid opening upward to reveal the mechanical music box. In a fitted drawer below are stored three extra cylinders, each playing about 5 tunes. This box plays 'songs of the south', including "Dixie" and Stephen Foster's "There's No Place Like Home".
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