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A good Karl Griesbaum silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box, German, circa 1920, image 1
A good Karl Griesbaum silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box, German, circa 1920, image 2
Lot 9

A good Karl Griesbaum silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box,
German, circa 1920,

18 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£6,000 - £8,000

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A good Karl Griesbaum silver-gilt and enamel singing bird box, German, circa 1920,

early Model 7., The bird having purple, green and red feathered plumage with green iridescence, engraved pierced gilt grille, tooled silver case with abundant panels and infills of enamel including guilloche fields to sides, front and back with oval pictorial scenes of Alpine country, the entire top with full view of figures and putti by a mountain lake, pull-start to right side, 4 ins (10cm) wide

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