Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 87
Attributable to Karl Griesbaum
Singing-bird cage; silver and enamel
Singing-bird cage; silver and enamel
HKD 64,000 - 80,000
CHF 8,000 - 10,000 / USD 8,500 - 10,600
Silver (0.95) and enamel, key-winding, singing-bird box in the shape of a cage.
Rectangular cage with cut corners, chiselled and engraved with floral motif, foliages and masks, corners set with green hard stones; inside the cage, a branch on which rests two birds decorated with feathers identical to those of the automaton, and, some enamelled leaves.
Rectangular cage with cut corners, chiselled and engraved with floral motif, foliages and masks, corners set with green hard stones; inside the cage, a branch on which rests two birds decorated with feathers identical to those of the automaton, and, some enamelled leaves.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Brand Unsigned, Triberg (Black Forest)
Year circa 1900-1920
Caliber rectangular (110 x 80 mm.) brass, going barrel, bellows and cams; the revolving bird with moving wings, beak and tail, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel
Dimensions 230 x 125 x 100 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 Fürtwangen, 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 Fürtwangen, 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