Lot 219

An Early 20th Century Musical Bird-cage Automaton. The domed brass cage enclosing two articulated singing birds covered in real feathers with animated beaks, heads and tails, operated by a hand cranked mechanism with winding handle and catch to the side. The wire cage surmounted by a ball finial with suspension ring, the round base with decorative embossed frieze of scrolling foliage, 20” (52 cm) high, 11” (28 cm) in diameter.

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Description

An Early 20th Century Musical Bird-cage Automaton. The domed brass cage enclosing two articulated singing birds covered in real feathers with animated beaks, heads and tails, operated by a hand cranked mechanism with winding handle and catch to the side. The wire cage surmounted by a ball finial with suspension ring, the round base with decorative embossed frieze of scrolling foliage, 20” (52 cm) high, 11” (28 cm) in diameter.