Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, May 13, 2018

LOT 502

DOUBLE SINGING BIRD BOX SILVER Fine, silver, double singing bird box. Two-body, rectangular, engraved with floral and bird motif, double oval bird cover engraved with birds, stylized feet representing a leaf. The singing birds: rectangular brass, going barrel and rectangular bellow, the revolving birds with moving wings, beak and tail, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

HKD 56,000 - 72,000 / USD 7,000 - 9,000


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Brand Griesbaum

Year Circa 1960

Dimensions 158 x 86 x 52 mm.

Notes

Griesbaum. Founded in 1905 by Karl Griesbaum (1872-1941) in Triberg, in the Black Forest. The son of Mathias Griesbaum, a clockmaker, Karl began by working in the basement of his home. Karl Griesbaum had five children: Mathias (1902-1974), who was named after his grandfather, Karl Joseph (b. 1916), Amalia, Helena, and Caroline. Mathias studied clock-making in Furtwangen, then pursued commercial studies in Karlsruhe, and later went to Switzerland. The most typical Griesbaum pieces produced during this period were probably their snuff boxes, particularly those made in a style reminiscent of traditional German silversmithery.