German Musical Wooden Clock Gifted to Shirley Temple by Her Mother in 1933

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14" (36 cm.) The wooden-framed clock with painted nighttime scenes has a border of carved wooden stars and moon slices. Posed at the top is a carved wooden doll who is leading the chorus of six little carved wooden children seated on the moon slices; a carved wooden winged bird perches below. When wound, with original attached key, the clock also serves as a music box. Includes key, the music and clock mechanisms need adjustment, one wooden child has missing arm, few wings missing. Germany, attributed to Steinbach, circa 1933. The clock was gifted to Shirley Temple by her mother, Gertrude Temple, in 1933, and hung in Shirley's bedroom in their Santa Monica home.