Double Singing Bird Cage Automaton by Bontems, No. 5415425, with red / black bird on perch, and yellow bird on velvet base below, both with articulated heads, beaks and tails, in domed brass cage with suspension loop, on square giltwood base with floral relief and acanthus border containing intermittent going-barrel movement with birdsong, ht. 19 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-03-24
FRENCH DOUBLE SINGING BIRD CAGE AUTOMATON, EARLY 20TH C., H 20 1/2", DIA 11":A brass bird cage enclosing two feathered birds with moving heads, beaks Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2012-06-16
Triple Singing Bird Cage Automaton by Bontems, the three birds with articulated heads, beaks and tails, with red and light gray, yellow and green, and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Reuge Singing Bird Cage Automaton, with going-barrel movement, bird with red-and-black plumage, moving head, beak and tail, in ogee-shaped cage with suspension ring and green Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
Rare Silver Double-Singing Bird Cage with Timepiece by Karl Griesbaum, in the form of a singing bird box with repousse designs of female masks and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
Double Singing Bird Automaton by Botems, France, no. 5414125, two birds in red, yellow and green plumage with moving heads, beaks and tails, in a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
Musical Double Singing Bird Automaton, one bird bobbing, the other fluttering (slight), accompanied by two-air cylinder movement in the base of domed cage with green-painted Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
Double Singing Bird Automaton by Botems, France, No. 5414125, two birds in red, yellow, and green plumage with moving heads, beaks, and tails, in a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-02
Double Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems, No. 5313395, with green and red plumage, moving heads, beaks and tails, in domed cage on repousse brass base Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23
Double Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems, No. 321, with red and gray plumage, moving heads and beaks, one with moving tail, in domed cage on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
German, circa 1880. Singing Bird automaton set in a domed wire birdcage manufactured by Karl Griesbaum. As the bird sings it swivels its head and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-05-02
