PLEASE HELP
Measures 12" tall, 8" wide, heavy dark wood, has working music box underneath compartment.
Elephant appears to be carrying a tree trunk and a baby elephant is attached to the back of it. Working mechanism inside basket suggest a piece missing that moves/spins or goes up/down in basket when music plays its waltz.
Paper label is attached to bottom but too old to read. Only thing I made out was the number 2 and AIR. The rest is handwritten in script.
Elephant is missing a tusk and baby elephant has a hole in its belly like another piece may be missing inside it.
Carved 1945 in front of elephant and the words "To my brother John from Louis in Zurich Switzerland"
It's really so beautiful to me but I need to know more about it because the elephant makes no sense to me to have a baby hanging off the basket like that and playing a waltz. :)
Thank you for your time!
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