An American-Market Musical Box Playing Eight Airs, By Mermod Frères, Serial No. 83883, circa 1894, with typical right-hand crank-wind motor and the Patent Speed Parachute Check, raised nickel-plated start/stop control, speed regulator and single-section comb on reeded cast gilt bedplate under dustlid, lacking tunesheet, in beech case - 20'' wide, the cylinder 9''.