Fine Oiseaux Chantants
A singing bird box by Karl Griesbaum,
post-1950,
with going-barrel movement, the bird with red, yellow and iridescent green plumage, pierced gilt grille, in gilt metal case of sarcophagus form, the lid with a pastel painted scene of figures before a lake with a church and mountains beyond, tooled pattern gilt relief surrounding lid border, the top with floral wreathes on turquoise ground, further gilt decorated relief's on black ground, start/stop button centre-right, typical engraved front, back and sides, with key, in maker's travelling case 4.1/4in. (10.8cm) wide
with going-barrel movement, the bird with red, yellow and iridescent green plumage, pierced gilt grille, in gilt metal case of sarcophagus form, the lid with a pastel painted scene of figures before a lake with a church and mountains beyond, tooled pattern gilt relief surrounding lid border, the top with floral wreathes on turquoise ground, further gilt decorated relief's on black ground, start/stop button centre-right, typical engraved front, back and sides, with key, in maker's travelling case 4.1/4in. (10.8cm) wide
Sold for
£3,360
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres - Geoffrey T. Mayson, pp. 170-171, figs. 9.17/9.18 (for the Griesbaum/J. Bruguier comparison, but with dark blue enamel ground version)
Category: Collectibles / Toys and Dolls
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