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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 171

Attributable to Bontems, Paris, circa 1880. Fine gilt brass, singing bird box.

C. Two body, gilt brass, rectangular with lobed corners, engine-turned and engraved with foliage and floral decoration, hinged back panel for the key compartment. The silvered singing bird lid engraved with flowers and birds. 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, gilt brass grill pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage. Dim. 97 x 62 x 36 mm.