Although there have been many music boxes made to hold money, there are also music boxes that are worth good money in and of themselves. One of the brands most sought after by collectors are Enesco music boxes. They are only a small part of the Enesco Company’s product line up. They […]

It seems like almost anything in Europe, Canada or America these days is manufactured in Asia. It would be a shock to discover a music box that wasn’t made in Japan, China or Taiwan. Many of the same parts in a music box can also be found in modern Asian-made children’s toys, watches […]

Lovers of music boxes owe a great deal to tobacco snuff. The first music boxes were European snuff boxes that could play a charming little tune. Inevitably, someone thought, “Can we just have the tune without the snuff?” The first of these snuff-less music boxes (called musical boxes in Europe) were made […]

In America, there is a name brand of cheese known as Sorrento, including a highly regarded mozzarella, one of the quintessential cheeses of Italian cooking. Sorrento is a name for another uniquely Italian traditional sensory delight – Sorrento music boxes. They don’t just play a charming, achingly sweet tune, but their containers are […]

In the wacky world of collectable music boxes, you don’t see a lot of American music boxes. Collectors usually drool over Japanese or European models. The only other American maker was Schmid music boxes, which went out of business in 1995. But there is a rare bunch from America’s only music box […]