JAN SIRKS, ROTTERDAM PORT, ETCHING ON PAPER, SIGNED, 1912 Curisoities A handmade rustic wooden box

A handmade rustic wooden box with a live edge hinged lid and lined with velvet

The lungs will inflate by blowing into a tube

Throughout the years

Both pieces have retained their original finish with no chips to the glass

Possibly a tea caddy

JAN SIRKS, ROTTERDAM PORT, ETCHING ON PAPER, SIGNED, 1912 Curisoities A handmade rustic wooden boxABOUT Jan Sirks Rotterdam Port etching on wove paper, signed in pencil. Etchings became the main medium for Sirks between 1912 1915. His choice of subject matter was focused on the waters edge of Rotterdams canals, ports and rivers. Its an energetic turbulence of waves and movement, done in a painterly style that he has captured in zinc. CREATOR Jan Sirks (1885 1938). DATE OF MANUFACTURE 1912 1915. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Etching on paper. CONDITION