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[WOODEN BOX EMBELLISHED BY THE BOHEMIAN 'ROBIN HOOD'] Hand-made wooden box with straw inlay work by the legendary Bohemian robber and folkloric hero Václav Babinský.
Špilberk Castle, Brno: between 1841 and 1855. Wooden box, measuring 27 × 18.5 × 10 cm. A contemporary manuscript paper ticket (3 × 7 cm), mounted to interior of lid, reads: “Eine Sträflings-Arbeit von dem berühmten Räuber Babinskӱ (früher Wachtmeister bei den Uhlanen) verfertigt. Er wurde wegen seinen Mordthaten und..... More