Jack-in-the-box
The box from which a spring-mounted figure leaps when the lid is opened.
The jack-in-the-box consists of a box with a figure on a spring that jumps up when the lid is opened. The toy existed in Europe as early as the 16th century.
The figure was often a clown or a devil. The box often plays a tune, usually Pop Goes the Weasel, before the lid flies up.
Materials: Wood or tin, metal spring, cloth or wood for the figure
Manufacture: Joined or pressed boxes with a spring and a catch released by a crank.
The box with a lid that flips open.
The figure on a coil spring.
The crank that plays a tune before the figure appears.