This handsome vintage Reuge musical box with intricate almost Baroque design plays, "La Paloma." It was probably meant for cigarettes as there is no lining. It was never used. It's in its original Reuge box. Nice Collectors Item!
It measures, 5 1/2" x 4 1/2" and stands 2 1/8" high.
According to Wikipedia this old tune "La Paloma" was "a popular song, having been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was composed and written by Spanish composer Sebastián Iradier (later Yradier) after he visited Cuba in 1861. Iradier may have composed "La Paloma" around 1863, just two years before he died in Spain in obscurity, never to learn how popular his song would become."
