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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Jun 14, 2003

LOT 73

Charles Bruguier, Genève, circa 1860. Fine tortoiseshell and enamel singing bird box.

C. Rectangular, entirely covered with tortoiseshell, enameled bird lid painted with Alpine scene. M. Rectangular, 82 x 42 mm., brass, turned pillars, fusee and chain, rectangular bellows, bird with moving head, flapping wings, opening beak and tail, eight cams controlling the piston and the bird's beak and tail, two additional for the other bird's movements, long duration of singing, precision cam-controlled lifting mechanism, gold grill pierced and engraved with floral pattern.Signed on the movement.Diam. 94 x 62 mm.