No 24479 (of an unknown maker), not before 1892 Cylinder Musical Box with Drum and Bells, playing ten popular airs including Harry Dacre’s Daisy Bell (1892), accompanied by optional drum and four bells with three polychrome butterflies and a ball-striker, with 52 teeth in comb (complete, one neatly repaired treble tip), refinished case and veneered lid with boxwood stringing, wd. 21 ¾ in. (53 cm), cylinder 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm), lively arrangements, movement in good older restored playing condition, with cabinet key.
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