Richard Gardner Antiques

Dimensions

4.00inch wide   1.30inch high   2.60inch deep (10.16 cm wide  3.30 cm high  6.60 cm deep)

Description

Gilt bronze engraved singing bird box with signed Bontems movement with key;compartment. A fine French Bontems engraved and gilt bronze singing bird box. A beautifully feathered bird with ivory moving beak and gilt slide, pierced grille and lid. The gilt lid engraved with scrolling. The box all over engraved with flowers and scrolls and engine turned with a hatched design and having hinged key or snuff compartment. On sliding the operating lever the lids opens and the full bodied bird pops through the grille and begins singing. It has a moving beak, the bird turns, flaps his wings and tail and after his performance pops down through the grille and lid lowers.

Price

gbp 6750.00 (Pound Sterling)

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