A fine quality full orchestral antique music box made by Mermod Freres of St Croix, Switzerland in c. 1880. 

The movement features a snare drum, 6 engraved bells struck by bird, butterfly and bee strikers, a woodblock castanet, a 21-note reed organ, and two zither bars. 

The music box plays a selection of 10 airs, including ‘Boccaccio’, ‘Silver Thread Among the Gold’, ‘The Bohemian Girl’, and ‘HMS Pinafore’. 

It comes within a rosewood case with a beautiful pastoral inlay of a shepherd playing a flute to the lid, together with a rural inlay to the front. 

The underside of the lid is veneered in rich birds-eye walnut, and the case also features gilt carrying handles to the sides. 

All told, a beautiful and attractive full orchestral music box.