A FRENCH GILT-METAL SINGING BIRDCAGE AUTOMATON
PROBABLY BY BONTEMS, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Containing one yellow and one blue songbird taking turns to sing a paused song, with moving heads, beaks and tail feathers, with suspension ring and on a rococo pressed metal base, the underside stamped 5516935 / MADE IN FRANCE, with boxwood winding handle
56cm high, 28cm diameter

Provenance:
Mrs Doris Herschorn (d. 1975) and by descent to her son Hugh Sassoon
Christie's, Julians Park and Six Private Collections, 8 June 2021, lot 283 (£4,000 hammer not incl. BP)

Condition Report:

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With wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning
Some pitting to the metal
Music mechanism functioning

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