Signedmarked inside the booklet: AUG. KLEIN / k.u.k. Hoflieferant / WIEN / Graben 20
Inscribedinside booklet: TANZORDNUNG
FunctionSouvenir from an Engineers' Ball in Vienna.
Historical AttributesThe Ball der Technik, or Engineers' ball, is a tradition dating back to 1815, the year of the founding of the Polytechnisches Institut in Vienna and still goes on today. This model is a souvenir from one of those balls.
ProvenanceFrom S. Moskowitz, Marblehead, MA, July 5, 1974.