BONTEMS. A FINE GILT METAL SINGING BIRD BOX WITH ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BOX AND KEY.

BONTEMS. A FINE GILT METAL SINGING BIRD BOX WITH ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BOX AND KEY.

RETAILED BY BREGUET, MOVEMENT STAMPED AB FRANCE FOR BONTEMS, CIRCA 1955
Rectangular gilt brass movement, going barrel and rectangular bellows, rectangular box with four sides and top chased and engraved horizontal and vertical strip design bordered by bead motif, hinged oval lid centered by a floral motif, opening to reveal a colorfully singing bird on a pierced and engraved foliage decorated grill, activated by a slide in the front pancel, the bird rotates on an axis, flap its wings and tail and open its beak, in time to a lifelike imitated bird song, the bird also set with realistically multi-coloured feathers, when the song has finished the bird will automatically retreat inside the box and the lid will close, movement plate stamped AB France for Bontems
94.5mm width, 33mm height, 58.5 depth