Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 120

Oiseau Chanteur, "rural Life" Eschle, Triberg (Black Forest). Made circa 1950. Fine and rare, gilt brass and painted on enamel singing bird box.

HKD 20,000 - 35,000

USD 2,600 - 4,500 / EUR 2,000 - 3,700

Sold: HKD 52,800

C. Rectangular, gilt brass with foliate decoration, the top set with pearls and blue beads, printed polychrome enamel oval lid depicting a view of rural life, the inside painted with a bouquet of roses on a blue ground, winding key on the base, turned feet. M. Rectangular, 90 x 47 mm, brass, hexagonal pillars, large spring barrel, rectangular plastic bellows, bird with striped plumage, flapping wings, opening beak and fluttering tail, two large cams controlling the piston and the bird's movements, long duration of song, grille pierced. Dim. 121 x 84 x 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Notes

A similar singing bird box by Eschle is illustrated in Flights of Fancy, Mechanical Singing Birds by Sharon & Christian Bailly, Antiquorum Editions, 2001, p. 363.