A GERMAN GILT BRASS AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX

A GERMAN GILT BRASS AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX, BY KARL GRIESBAUN, TRIBERG, 1930S in the manner of a mid 19th c musical box by Jacques Bruguier, of bombe form and engraved, the lid and top painted with a landscape and four flower sprays on a blue ground, 10.5cm w, marked EB METAL, with bird shaped key (2)For a virtually identical example illustrated with the Bruguier prototype see Mayson (G C) Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatieres 2000, p170.Provenance: anon. sale in these rooms, 11 December 2009, when purchased by the present vendor.