Objekt 4
Zoological garden
Description
Zoological gardens of this type, consisting of many individual animal houses, a surrounding fence and some trees, were produced in the Saxon Erzgebirge since the middle of the 19th century. Usually a chip box was included, in which the individual parts were kept.
Object description
Saxony, Erzgebirge, 2nd half of 19th c.
Coniferous wood, sawn and painted; animals made of papier-mâché
Inv. 1972.5475. Gift Nicolas Burckhardt, Basel.