A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND IVORY TIMEPIECE WITH SINGING-BIRD AUTOMATON
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
The oblong base with central circular timepiece flanked by applied classical figures representing the arts, on a purple enamel ground, the back with vari-coloured musical trophies among foliage, the sides with foliage scrolls, applied with two 'gem-set' ivory figures admiring a bird in a gilded cage, all below three cast trees with intertwined branches, supporting two doves protecting their nest, a lever on one side operates the automaton, with a winding key and contained in a fitted case
8 in. (20 cm.) high
gross weight 32 oz. 15 dwt. (1,020 gr.)
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND IVORY TIMEPIECE WITH SINGING-BIRD AUTOMATON
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
The oblong base with central circular timepiece flanked by applied classical figures representing the arts, on a purple enamel ground, the back with vari-coloured musical trophies among foliage, the sides with foliage scrolls, applied with two 'gem-set' ivory figures admiring a bird in a gilded cage, all below three cast trees with intertwined branches, supporting two doves protecting their nest, a lever on one side operates the automaton, with a winding key and contained in a fitted case
8 in. (20 cm.) high
gross weight 32 oz. 15 dwt. (1,020 gr.)
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