Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011

LOT 173

Silver & Enam el Singing Bird Box - Chateau de Chillon Attributed to Raymy's. Made circa 1930. Fine, silver, enamel and painted-on-enamel, singing bird box.

C. Two-body, rectangular with engraved borders, the sides and top overlaid with translucent blue guilloche enamel, the top painted with flowers, bird cover painted with a scene of the Chateau de Chillon on Lake Geneva. M. Rectangular brass, going barrel and rectangular bellows, the revolving bird with moving wings, tail and beak, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel, gilt brass grill pierced and engraved with foliage. Dim. 40 x 107 x 57 mm.