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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 118

A. B., France, No. 53, made for Finnigans Ltd.,New Bond St., West London, circa 1900.Fine and rare, gilt brass, singing bird box with automaton drawer.

C. Gilt brass rectangular with serpentine shaped side and front panels, fully decorated with flowers and birds against a matt ground. Singing bird movement: rectangular with going barrel and rectangular bellow, the bird with moving wings and beak controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel. The singing bird mechanism also drives an automaton drawer which opens automatically and closes by itself while the bird is singing. Gilt brass grill pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage.Trademark punched on the movement.Dim. 102 x 62 x 64 mm.