A GERMAN METALWARE SINGING BIRD BOX
WITH MAKER'S MARK BB, STAMPED "STERLING 925", 20TH CENTURY
The sides chased with tavern scenes and figures fishing and carousing, the cover depicting a man selling birds from a cage to a family, opening to reveal a pierced section and the bird with moving beak and wings, bird-shaped switch to side, winding mechanism to base, in fitted box, complete with key
4 in. (10 cm.) long
A GERMAN METALWARE SINGING BIRD BOX
WITH MAKER'S MARK BB, STAMPED "STERLING 925", 20TH CENTURY
The sides chased with tavern scenes and figures fishing and carousing, the cover depicting a man selling birds from a cage to a family, opening to reveal a pierced section and the bird with moving beak and wings, bird-shaped switch to side, winding mechanism to base, in fitted box, complete with key
4 in. (10 cm.) long
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