Detail

Large Stein Bayern Lady Gents Drinking with 5 Tourist Highlights

Un usual musical mechanism, from a built i have not seeen before.
Teeth slightly sloped, at an angle, as in some older Thorens mechanisms.
But one plastic wheel to governor, that was only introduced on a large scale end sixties, early seventies.
That makes it difficult to place the age precisely, but alltogether feel stein from the fifties.

That would tie in with the song ' O mein papa '.
It was written in german in 1939 by a swiss composer, Paul Burkhart, for a musical.
But it became only widely known in the world after WWII.
First with an instrumental version and in 1953 with a terxt and the song named ' Oh My Papa '.
It became a No 1 hit in the U.S.A. in 1954.

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Item #

A 108 035

Origin/Country

Germany (' DBGM ' in inside lid)

Labels/Text Item

Muenchen Hofbraeuhaus, Wiesbaden Kurhaus, Frankfurt Roemer,(see Misc.)

Year Given

Material Item

Pottery glazed

Manufacturer Item

Music Mechanism by

No name on mech. Teeth slightly sloped. One plastic wheel to governor.

Number of Teeth

18 (from 19), cylinder marked ' 1 0 '.

Music/Song

O mein Papa ( label ) (see Notes).

Dim in " l x w x h

4.85 x 4.85 x 11.5 (lid closed)

Box

Information on Box

Est. Origin

Est. Year/Period

Fifties, see notes.

Music Mechanism housed in

Bottom

Distributor

On/Off Switch

Yes, metal pin, music plays when stein is lifted.

Activate Music

Key, metal, in bottom. no name on key.

Weight in Lbs

3.75

Moving Parts

On Foot/Pedestal

Remarks on Condition

Good

Misc. Information

Also mentioned on Stein: ' Heidelberg Schloss ' , ' Nurnberg Burg '.. In in side lid: ' DBGM ' and design ' R M '. On underside stain, in mechanism room, design ? W, ' 2093 ' and ' 4 '.