German Singing Bird Cage by Karls Griesbaum, 1920s

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German automaton with bird, early 1900s, consisting of a round golden brass cage with a singing bird inside on a … more German automaton with bird, early 1900s, consisting of a round golden brass cage with a singing bird inside on a perch with a mushroom at the base. A wunderkammer curiosity, automatons and music boxes have always been built by master watchmakers to amaze. The joy offered by the vision of these automatons that move, sing, look at each other, communicate with each other, without any apparent mechanical noise and as if by arcane magic, stimulates the imagination of the observer by offering him the sense of real life in the woods. In our case this bird cage presents us with the love song of the male nightingale; the singing starts by loading the key under the base and can be stopped by operating the lever on the edge of the cage. The synchrony of mechanical movement and sound are to be considered practically perfect and superimposable on reality. The search for this extraordinary effect of non-virtual truth made the difference between a good master watchmaker and a truly brilliant one.
this cage with a singing bird is a golden brass automaton made in the early decades of the 1900s by the karls griesbaum company (1872-1941), see the logo engraved on the bottom with the bird, the initials k g and made in germany. The company was founded in 1905 in the black forest, in triberg in the baden-wurttemberg region, by karls griesbaum (1872-1941), son of the well-known watchmaker mathias.
the internal mechanism is made up of several bellows moved by traction spring gears and is perfectly functional. The general state of conservation is good, it shows signs of usula compatible with the early twentieth century dating.

antique singing bird cage a german karl griesbaum brass model dating back to circa 1920's. This wunderkammer curiosity is in good age related condition. The bird sings loud and clear, moving its head, beak and tail.
working authentic and original movement, marked on the bottom with a k g initials and a bird engraved, the logo of the firm griesbaum founded in 1905 in germany, in the black forest, in triberg, baden-wurttemberg, by karl griesbaum (1872-1941 ). He is the son of the famous clockmaker mathias griesbaum.
the cage of this singing bird cage is made of gilt brass, which has little wear of age, but is still in beautiful condition and most important, the music box is in good working condition. This piece has an attribution mark,
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