A GERMAN SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX

A GERMAN SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX, BY KARL GRIESBAUM, C1930 the lid, top and all four sides painted with putti, a hinged compartment in the back containing a key, 10.3cm w, apparently unmarkedOne of the more expensive Singvogeldosen of the leading Triberg maker Karl Griesbaum, this model was one of those that featured in the firm's pictorial advertisement in 1930; see Mayson (G T), Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres, 2000, p158.