I can play music, but it is only a few bars at a time. All I have to do is wind up one of my music boxes. I dearly love music but my ability to carry a tune or learn to play an instrument is limited. So my choices are also limited. Radio, Cd's and then there are my music boxes.
Many years ago I started collecting music boxes. I have some lovely ones but if a fire hits the house, one of the items (aside from my precious yin-yang kittens) would be this music box. I made this box from start to finish. I was practicing with making boxes in wood. But the decoration came to me out of the ether. I reduced photos from a Civil War book (I think that I was fair to each side) and I put a Lincoln Penny from 1961 (a hundred year anniversary of the war)on one side, a pellet shot from the field of Gettysburg on another and the remaining two sides I put the two flags of the north and south. All of this took time to accumulate. The flag from the South was brought to me by my niece, when she traveled there. I had purchased the shot from Knott's Berry Farm in about 1969 and kept it in my jewelry box. But the most special and fortuitous piece was a found piece. I encountered it on the parking lot at the grocery store. I almost danced when I saw it! All comes to those that wait. I have a lot of fun, patience and love invested in this little box.
Oh, by the way, it plays "Dixie". I don't know if I am biased or not but when I think about the irony of it, it always makes me giggle.
Many years ago I started collecting music boxes. I have some lovely ones but if a fire hits the house, one of the items (aside from my precious yin-yang kittens) would be this music box. I made this box from start to finish. I was practicing with making boxes in wood. But the decoration came to me out of the ether. I reduced photos from a Civil War book (I think that I was fair to each side) and I put a Lincoln Penny from 1961 (a hundred year anniversary of the war)on one side, a pellet shot from the field of Gettysburg on another and the remaining two sides I put the two flags of the north and south. All of this took time to accumulate. The flag from the South was brought to me by my niece, when she traveled there. I had purchased the shot from Knott's Berry Farm in about 1969 and kept it in my jewelry box. But the most special and fortuitous piece was a found piece. I encountered it on the parking lot at the grocery store. I almost danced when I saw it! All comes to those that wait. I have a lot of fun, patience and love invested in this little box.
Oh, by the way, it plays "Dixie". I don't know if I am biased or not but when I think about the irony of it, it always makes me giggle.
3 comments:
This is an amazing box...wood and made by hand?! I love the theme and "Dixie" is perfect!Good question to ask one self...what would I save in a fire?
I love your collection! I'm glad to know what you'd grab if there was a fire! What about the Ducasse?
My husband would love this box too. You have immense talent with so many things. This box is a gem!
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