Sold2016French coin activated triple singing bird automatonby Bontems, with traditional brass mechanism with an electric drive on a gold painted pedestal, the three caged birds with moving heads, beaks and tails in a naturalistic setting, in good working ordeSee Sold Price
Sold2017BONTEMS PARIS SINGING BIRDS MECHANICAL AUTOMATONScarce large Double Singing Birds Automaton by Bontems of Paris. Circa 1890s-1900s. All original with wonderful colors and design. Both birds actions works. They both sign very well. Minor finish lossSee Sold Price
Sold2022French Mechanical Singing Bird Cage Automaton. France, ca. ...French Mechanical Singing Bird Cage Automaton. France, ca. late 19th century/early 20th century (attr. Bontems). Wind-up automaton depicting a singing bird automaton, the bird with original yellow pluSee Sold Price
Sold2022Automaton Mechanical 3 Motion Caged Singing BirdAutomaton Mechanical 3 Motion Caged Singing Bird. 7 X 5 X 11 Inches H. Bird Tweets, Bird Beak Moves, Head Swivels, Tail Flicks.See Sold Price
Sold2016Rare French glass dome singing bird automatonwith clock, made by Bontems, c. 1890. Arranged on an ebonised base with six birds in a leafy tree, the birds variously move and fly. The dome has been repaired, the spring drive mechanism has been repSee Sold Price
Sold2016Swiss Singing Bird Cage Automaton, Reuge MusicSwiss, 20th century. Whimsical grey feathered caged bird automaton with small bird with black eyes and moving beak on a t-shaped perch adorned with leaves and flowers above gold velvet ground within aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Antique Bontems Mechanical Singing Birds CageAntique mechanical singing birds cage by famous French automaton maker Bontems, circa 1900 . When wound, two birds move and sing clearly and beautifully, both heads turn while their tails move up andSee Sold Price
Sold2016Singing Automaton Bird BoxCirca 1850 with early thermoplastic box with hinged lid at back in which the key is stored. Top with oval giltcast bronze lid with two cheribum releasing a caged bird, sliding on/off button on front wSee Sold Price
Sold2017VICTORIAN WIND-UP MUSICAL BIRD CAGEThree Bird Musical Singing Birds in a Cage Automaton Attr. to Bontems, Paris. Dimensions: H 22" x W 10.5" x D10" Condition: Winds and birds move but does not make noise or sing, may need repair. DustSee Sold Price
Sold2024French Porcelain Mounted Gilt-Metal Singing Bird AutomatonFrench Porcelain Mounted Gilt-Metal Singing Bird Automaton 19 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty at STAIR: A Lifetime of Connoisseurship, Curiosity and Collecting Sold ButterfiSee Sold Price
Sold2017TRIO OF SINGING BIRDS AUTOMATON – BONTEMPSCreated by Lucien Bontemps in Paris circa 1870, this is among his largest and most spectacular “singing bird” clockwork automatons. Inside the beautifully gilded and decorated 22 inch tall cage, tSee Sold Price
Sold2015Blaise Bontems, Singing Bird Jardiniere, c.1880A rare and fine automation singing bird jardiniere by Blaise Bontems, c.1880. Stamped Bontems, Paris on brass plate at base of perch, entwined with silk leaves and flowers, the bird with iridescent blSee Sold Price
Sold2022SILVER SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON WITH CLOCK800-Silver Wind-Up Singing Bird Box, with French hallmarks, in an intricate footed case with key, having a top section supported by four columns, with clock insert, 6 1/2" high, 4 1/2" x 2 7/8". SingiSee Sold Price
Sold2022COIN OPERATED DUAL SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON.1900, FRANCE: This is a dual singing bird automata that is coin operated, sitting on a walnut eight-sided base with decorative cage. The dual birds have alternating chatter and complement each other vSee Sold Price
2018Mechanical singing bird automaton, German, mechanismMechanical singing bird automaton, German, mechanism most likely by Karl Griesbaum, Case by Emil Brenk.Box is decorated with polychrome enamels panels, circular vignettes on all four sides, the top leSee Sold Price
Sold2020Antique French Enamel Singing Bird Automaton 1 3/4 x 4Antique French Enamel Singing Bird AutomatonThe stylized enamel box depicting mythological creatures.Bird mechanism is in working condition.Property from a Prominent Saint Louis Estate1 3/4 x 4 x 2 1/See Sold Price
Sold2022Small singing bird automaton,Small singing bird automaton, Germany, 20th century. Heavy, rectangular brass case with oval spring lid, which is triggered by a switch on the front. A small red bird emerges from the hole and sings aSee Sold Price
Sold2020Griesbaum Singing Bird Automaton Music BoxContinental .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 singinSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Enamel and Gilt Metal Singing Bird AutomatonAn Enamel and Gilt Metal Singing Bird Automaton German, 20th Century with maker's mark EB and Metall to underside. Height 1 3/4 x width 4 x depth 3 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2023GERMAN ENAMEL & GILT SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON BOXGerman Rococo style enamel and gilt metal music box, case by Emil Brenk, 20th c., lid depicting "The Swing," after Jean-Honore Fragonard (French, 1732-1806), marked "EB METALL" to underside, operatesSee Sold Price
Sold2018A large French double singing bird automatonLate 19th/early 20th century Base marked with importer's mark: France The squared giltwood base with carved floral sprays, surmounted by two automaton birds within a squared brass cage with a domed toSee Sold Price
Sold2023Reuge Bird Cage with 3 Singing Birds Automaton Bird Cage Music BoxReuge Bird Cage with three singing Birds Automaton14"w x 11"d x 24"highSee Sold Price
Sold2021Swiss Reuge Singing Bird AutomatonSwiss Reuge Singing Bird Automaton20th century, Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, single modeled bird with real feathers, within a gilt cage with figural enamel decoration, movement composed of 250 mechanicaSee Sold Price
Sold2016German silver singing bird automatonby Karl Griesbaum, c. 1900, The rectangular silver case embossed with figural scenes and trophies, operated by a lever on the front which releases an oval cover embossed with cherubs releasing a cagedSee Sold Price
6 days LeftRichard Stedman Estate Services LLCVintage Singing Bird Automaton 9in Bird Cage Music Box German To FixUS$100
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