Box

Datec. 1850

Mediumwood, paper

Dimensions9 × 2 1/2 × 7 1/4 ft. (274.3 × 76.2 × 221 cm)

Object number00.53.134

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA mechanical box, powered with sand. By tilting the box the sand causes the figures in the picture to move. The wooden box is wrapped in paper with a scene on one side and instructions on the back. The front scene has a glass front lined with a pressed metal border. The chromolithograph depicts three musicians, (left to right) a standing fiddle player in a top hat, gray coat and white pants, whose hand moves; a cello player in a green hat and pants and a long blue jacket, whose arm moves; and a flute player with a long brown coat, whose head moves. They are standing outside a white stone house, and though an open window you can see a mother and child listening.

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