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An early Visible Drum, Bells and Castanet musical box
by Ducommun Girod, No. 1340 (numbered on side of winding lever), playing six operatic and other airs, accompanied by eleven bells, drum and castanet, with tune-sheet and rosewood-veneered front and lid inlaid with marquetry incorporating enamels on the front -- 24in. (62cm.) wide, the cylinder15in. (39cm.), circa 1860
by Ducommun Girod, No. 1340 (numbered on side of winding lever), playing six operatic and other airs, accompanied by eleven bells, drum and castanet, with tune-sheet and rosewood-veneered front and lid inlaid with marquetry incorporating enamels on the front -- 24in. (62cm.) wide, the cylinder15in. (39cm.), circa 1860