As seen in the film of the same name, this high pressure steam vessel has been replicated by your very own Herr Döktor, a build diary of a sort can be found here.

Mr Mark Dalzell tipped us about one of his latest creations, this wonderful steampunk-styled guitar, built for the 2008 Jersey City Artists Studio Tour.
“Designed using elements of steampunk,” Mr Dalzell says, the contraption “incorporates clockwork gears, hand hammered brass, cloth wire and wood to show an alternate historical glimpse of a 19th century electric guitar.” [...]

May we wish you all a Happy New Year, and to celebrate, here’s an image of what Santa’s visit in 2007* looked like one hundred and one years ago:

Normality will be resumed posthaste…
*Shamelessly borrowed from ‘Girl Genius’