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UNSIGNED, NO. 18, CIRCA 1900
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SWISS. A FINE AND RARE SILVER AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX
UNSIGNED, NO. 18, CIRCA 1900
Brass movement, stacked cams, fly regulator and rectangular bellows, enitrely engine-turned and engraved foliage decorated rectangular box, the top with floral and foliage decoration, a pull in the side to opening the hinged oval cover decorated with a painted polychrome enamel landscape scene, a polychrome enamel bouquet of flowers on blue background to the inside, opening to reveal a finely pierced and engraved scroll decorated grille and to release the colourfully plumed bird, rotating on its axis, chirping and flapping its wings, movement, stamped L.M. G Geneva and numbered
101 x 64 x 37 mm.
UNSIGNED, NO. 18, CIRCA 1900
Brass movement, stacked cams, fly regulator and rectangular bellows, enitrely engine-turned and engraved foliage decorated rectangular box, the top with floral and foliage decoration, a pull in the side to opening the hinged oval cover decorated with a painted polychrome enamel landscape scene, a polychrome enamel bouquet of flowers on blue background to the inside, opening to reveal a finely pierced and engraved scroll decorated grille and to release the colourfully plumed bird, rotating on its axis, chirping and flapping its wings, movement, stamped L.M. G Geneva and numbered
101 x 64 x 37 mm.
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