Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018
LOT 331
KARL GRIESBAUM DOUBLE SINGING BIRD BOX, SILVER
HKD 70,200 - 105,300
CHF 8,800 - 13,200 / USD 9,000 - 13,500
Sold: HKD 115,000
Silver (925), key-winding, horizontal oval-shaped, double singing bird box The oval box chiselled and engraved with floral motif; oval bird covers decorated en suite with musical attributes.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Brand Karl Griesbaum
Year Circa 1950-1960
Caliber Rectangular (150 x 60 mm) brass, with going barrel, bellows and cams; the revolving birds with moving wings, beak and tail, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel
Dimensions 180 x 100 x 50 mm.
Signature Movement
Accessories Silver winding-key (in the shape of a bird)
Notes
Griesbaum, Karl (1872-1941) The firm Griesbaum was founded in 1905 in Germany, in the Black Forest, in Triberg (Baden-Wurttemberg), by Karl Griesbaum (1872-1941). He is the son of Mathias Griesbaum, a clockmaker. Mathias studied clockmaking in Furtwangen, pursued commercial studies in Karlsruhe, as well as in Switzerland. The most typical items of the Griesbaum House are probably their snuff-boxes with a singing bird, particularly those made in a style reminiscent of the traditional German silversmiths of earlier centuries, but also their boxes with two singing birds and those serving as boxes for cigarettes.