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Automaton featuring two whistling gentlemen
About the Item
A beautifully crafted piece, carved from wood and delicately painted. Both figures have their own mechanism and sing their melodies independently.
The larger figure performs the song "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen"; the melody of the smaller one remains unknown.
A truly exceptional and extremely rare collector’s item!
- Creator:Karl Griesbaum (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20 cm)Depth: 3.94 in (10 cm)
- Style:Late Victorian (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:Ca 1950-1960
- Condition:Repaired: restauration to the mechanism, back cover replaced! Wear consistent with age and use. Look at pictures for condition!! Or please ask any question regarding condition of the item.
- Seller Location:Zonhoven, BE
- Reference Number:Seller: 90291stDibs: LU9250245016602
Karl Griesbaum
Karl Griesbaum was born in 1872, in the family of Mathias Griesbaum, a clockmaker. At the age of 33, Griesbaum was running the workshop making micro-mechanics for such clocks. One day Mr. Rosenau, the owner of a trading firm in Frankfurt that specialized in jewelry and clocks, brought a Swiss snuffbox to Griesbaum to make a copy and adapt. For Griesbaum, this seemingly insignificant event became a turning point in his life and he started manufacturing music boxes and snuff boxes with singing birds and founded his firm named, Karl Griesbaum. At that time, the Griesbaum family produced boxes with singing birds of three different price categories. The most expensive boxes were made of polished metal, then came unpolished metal boxes, and finally plain brass boxes. He died in the year 1941.
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