CIRCA: 1900
CASE MATERIAL: Gilt brass and enamel
CASE DIMENSIONS: 64 mm. wide, 99 mm. overall length, 55 mm. high
MOVEMENT: Singing bird movement with going barrel and rectangular bellow, the bird with moving wings and beak, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel, gilt brass grille engraved with foliage. Musical movement: Pinned cylinder controlled by a fly regulator, 36-toothed comb. The musical movement also driving the automaton by means of cams and levers.
FUNCTIONS: Musical singing bird
BOX: Yes
WITH: Brown leather-covered fitted case

Antiquorum Geneva, ‘Antiquorum in Love’, 16 November 1997, lot 61

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