We have a ballerina music box in our collection, with a woodland scene on the outer and inner box. Ballerina boxes have been a popular type of jewelry box for decades. Music boxes by Antoine Favre-Salomon in Switzerland in the 18th century. The idea of incorporating a dancing ballerina to the music box probably arose from rise of ballet and popularity of automata in the 19th century.

The jewellery box appeared in our Lockers Toys and Games Collection, in a locker designed by Museum Council student Martha Jackson to look like a magical woodland scene.