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SWISS AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX: 19TH C. WITH TORTOISE SHELL CASE WITH SINGING BIRD MECHANISM. DECORATED POP-UP LID REVEALING FEATHERED BIRD. 4" X 2 1/2" X 1 1/2". TERMS: UPDATED 2023 TERMS FOR PURCHASING AND SHIPPING OF AUCTION ITEM

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AUTOMATON SINGING BIRD MUSIC BOX: Mechanical tortoiseshell singing bird music box. Top has enamel / hand painted European landscape scene with flowers on underside. Feathered bird pops out of finely detailed gold gilt oval compartment

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TORTOISESHELL MUSIC BOX: TORTOISESHELL MUSIC BOXSmall, hinged form with riverside cityscape in relief to lid, transparent amber interior revealing mechanism. 3.5" length, 2.25" width, 1.25" depth

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SINGING MECHANICAL BIRD BOX: Replica Victorian Bontems 1880 Music Box, in faux tortoiseshell wooden case with gilt components and bird with real feathers. 2" x 4 1/2" x 3". Lacks key, working condition unknown.

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RARE AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX - Polyphon "Savoyard" Organ: RARE AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX - Polyphon "Savoyard" Organ with monkey automatons in mirrored enclosure, concealing a disc musical movement, coin operated, rotating arm on back for (optional) organ grinder

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Griesbaum Singing Bird Automaton Music Box: Continental .900 Silver Singing Bird Automaton Music Box , c. 1900, attr. Karl Griesbaum, Schwarzwald, Germany, marked "900", decorated with classical trophees, sliding button activates lid and singin

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German Eschle Automaton Music Box with Bird: German Eschle Automaton Music Box with Singing Bird, the ornate gilt metal rectangular form hinged with an oval cover with courting scene, opening to reveal a rising and chirping bird, with a lever pu

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Swiss Enameled Automaton Music Box: Switzerland, Austria,19th Century Top of box decorated with women and sheep beside a lake with landscape cartouches to each side. The interior of the box is a Viennese movement and red feathered bird

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Singing Bird West German c1950 Automaton Music Box: Cold War vintage automaton singing bird music box. Made in West Germany. Features singing red and black bird with moving wings. Gilt box with figural transferware cameo and rose flower motif trim. Goo

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A Reuge singing bird automaton music box: 20th Century, Switzerland Marked: Reuge Music / Sainte-Croix / Made in Switzerland The rectangular-form bird-box with blue and white enamel panels on brass case decorated with figural roundels of co

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SWISS TARGET AUTOMATON "MUSIC BOX MONKEY".: 1910, SWISS: A wonderfully whimsical target automation consisting of a painted wooden box with spring loaded doors. Inside is a dressed monkey with hat, winding a music box in his lap while the drums

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Capodimonte Automaton Music Box, Cigarette Box: Capodimonte Automaton Music Box, Cigarette Box. 14"H - 7"Dia

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1950's W Germany Singing Bird Automaton Music Box: 1950's West Germany, Singing bird automaton music box. Working condition, works are balky (need cleaned) and bird doesn't sing, chip to enamel scene on lid. Measures 4.75" x 3.33" x 2".

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AN ESCHLE GILT BRONZE SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX,: AN ESCHLE GILT BRONZE SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX, GERMAN, CIRCA 1955-1965, the rectangular music box with chamfered corners in chased cast and gilt bronze with interlaced grass blade decoration,

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2003 Sam Zell Wired Exports Automaton Music Box: 2003 Sam Zell Wired Exports Automaton Music Box, Limited edition 085/675.. Measurements in inches: 14 x 10 x 10 Condition:Works but catches Shipping:We offer in-house shipping. Item(s) will be packed

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19c Langdorf & Fils Swiss Automaton Music Box: 19th Century Langdorf & Fils Geneva, Switzerland Automaton music box. Dancing porcelain figures with movable legs and a coin activated mechanism with a label that shows it plays10 songs. Shows modific

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Automation Music Box with bird, engraved brass lid with bird and floral decoration, all set in a tortoiseshell case and in a fitted jeweler's case from A. Lancet Jewelers, Paris. Condition: the music box is not completely functional. Retains key. Case is missing some screws but otherwise is in very good condition. late 19th c./early 20th century. Music box: 1-3/8" H x 4" W x 2-1/2" D. Jeweler's box: 2-1/4" H x 5-1/4" W x 3-3/4" D. Provenance: Pigeon Forge, TN Collection.