Snuffbox with singing bird automaton
Also known as: Tabakdose mit Singvogelautomat
Record status
Individual type · partial
Snuffbox with singing bird automaton is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: Jean-Frédéric Leschot (1746–1824), who initially worked with the watchmaker and automaton maker Pierre Jaquet-Droz, produced music boxes with steel tuned teeth very early on. Opening the snuffbox made of engraved sheet silver triggers the spring and musical mechanism – a small bird appears and chirps. The object is considered one of the smallest manufactured "bird boxes". The collection record gives measurements height: 6.4 cm (open); width: 7.5 cm, depth: 4.5 cm, height: 2.7 cm. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Höhe: 6.4 cm (geöffnet); Breite: 7.5 cm, Tiefe: 4.5 cm, Höhe: 2.7 cm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1236/item_7VFGR5CMK3JFGHQMX5PAOMLXUW3NGZKQ
- Museum object name
- Tabakdose mit Singvogelautomat
- Holding institution
- Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
Catalogue references
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