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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 170

Attributable to Bontems, Paris, circa 1880. Fine tortoiseshell and enamel, singing bird box.

C. Two body, tortoiseshell entirely decorated with gold stars, hinged back panel for the key compartment and gold bezel to the singing bird aperture. The gilt brass singing bird lid enamelled with a painted Swiss lakeside landscape. Singing bird movement: rectangular plates with going barrel and rectangular bellow, the bird with moving wings and beak, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel, gilt brass grill pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage. Dim. 100 x 65 x 35 mm.