Bird Automaton

French 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 Butterfi

Seven Bird Automaton clock, naturalistic modeled in wood and silk tree with five birds perched in the branches and two birds on the ground, top bird with outspread wings with red bird next to it, belo

Created 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, t

800-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". Singi

with 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 rep

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 v

Mechanical 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 le

Antique 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/

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 a

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

German 925 silver bird automaton.This is an old bird box not a new one.When the slide bar is slid a cover lifts and a small bird lifts and tweets a short song the after lowers and the lid closes.4 1/2

An 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.

German 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, operates

Late 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 to

Reuge Bird Cage with three singing Birds Automaton14"w x 11"d x 24"high

German Sterling Silver Bird Automaton Box 20th century, the silver, serpentine-sided rectangular case engraved with rococo scrolls and birds, the hinged oval lid springing open by means of a figural b

Swiss 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 mechanica

by 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 caged

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,

C 1900 French Double Singing Bird Automaton with 2 robotic song birds - hgt 22" dia. 11.5". Marked on base (Made in France- 5415575). Found in Chicago ILL. Home. Condition- Good Working, The birds bot

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

German Karl Griesbaum music box with a singing bird automaton. The sides and top of the brass box are elaborately decorated with scrolling filigree. The bird is naturalistically rendered in yellow and

Musical singing automation bird box. Crafted of gold gilt metal with floral and scroll type engraving. Wind up mechanical movement operates with button on side. Top opens to reveal a singing and flutt

Early 19th century Swiss automaton box attributed to Frères Rochat displaying a central oval gold-tone pendant that opens to reveal a pierced and chaised grill from which a multi-color singing bird