Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 86
Attributable to Karl Griesbaum
Double singing-bird box; silver
Double singing-bird box; silver
HKD 40,000 - 48,000
CHF 5,000 - 6,000 / USD 5,300 - 6,400
Silver (0.925), key-winding, horizontal double singing-bird box; the two birds talking to each other.
Rectangular box chiselled and engraved with floral motif and foliages; oval covers of the birds decorated en suite with a couple of doves.
Rectangular box chiselled and engraved with floral motif and foliages; oval covers of the birds decorated en suite with a couple of doves.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Brand Unsigned, Triberg (Black Forest)
Year circa 1920-1940
Caliber rectangular (150 x 60 mm.) brass, going barrel, bellows and cams; the revolving birds with moving wings, beak and tail, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel
Dimensions 55 x 170 x 95 mm.
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 (BadenWurttemberg), by Karl Griesbaum (1872-1941). He is the son of Mathias Griesbaum, a clockmaker. He began working as a micro-mechanic in the basement of his home. He has five children who will work with him: Mathias (1902-1974), Amalia, Helena, Caroline and Karl Joseph (b.1916). 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.
The firm Griesbaum was founded in 1905 in Germany, in the Black Forest, in Triberg (BadenWurttemberg), by Karl Griesbaum (1872-1941). He is the son of Mathias Griesbaum, a clockmaker. He began working as a micro-mechanic in the basement of his home. He has five children who will work with him: Mathias (1902-1974), Amalia, Helena, Caroline and Karl Joseph (b.1916). 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.