Magic Collection of Rudiger Deutsch: Part 1

Ring and Hand Illusion. German, ca. 1930. A borrowed ring vanishes from the magician’s hands. He then starts a music box in the base of a small vitrine holding a porcelain hand at its center. As the music plays, and on command, the vanished ring reappears on the ring finger of the model inside the glass box. Elaborate internal clockwork and string-wound mechanism crafted from brass and wood with internal elevator system. Wooden base accented with bird decals reminiscent of an Okito design. Porcelain hand draped in black velvet; vitrine outfitted with metal frame and finished with hand-painted glass panels. Height 17”. In need of re-winding, otherwise good. With original hand-lettered sign in German. Believed to be unique.