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Box

c.1900-1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Clarion (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Cylindrical box (with colour lithograph label) for a 'Clarion Record' phonograph wax cylinder, a recording of Stanley Kirkby singing When the Nightingale is Calling.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Box
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph printed label
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Cylindrical box (with colour lithograph label) for a 'Clarion Record' phonograph wax cylinder recording of Stanley Kirkby singing 'When the Nightingale is Calling'. London, ca.1900-1910.
Physical description
Cylindrical box (with colour lithograph label) for a 'Clarion Record' phonograph wax cylinder, a recording of Stanley Kirkby singing When the Nightingale is Calling.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.5cm
  • Circumference: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'THE CLARISON RECORD / FLOODS THE WORLD WITH MELODY' (Lettered twice.)
  • 'THE PREMIER MFG CO LTD LONDON' (Lettered.)
Gallery label
(1991)
Small phonograph cylinders were one of the earliest forms of music that could be played in people's homes. The music was engraved on the outside of a tubular cylinder, which rotated on a record player. Phonographs were decorated - this one with angelic figures. Others carried a portrait of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) who developed the format.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. p.105 (illus.)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1775-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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