Sold2016Automaton Bird Bocage with Timepiece by Jean Phalibois,Automaton Bird Bocage with Timepiece by Jean Phalibois, c. 1885 With 3-inch (7,5 cm) enameled Roman dial, time mechanism stamped "S & F, Paris" in lozenge, sculpted papier-mâché landscape with floweSee Sold Price
Sold2020The Monkey Magician under DomeMusical Monkey Conjuror Automaton. Paris: Jean Phalibois, ca. 1870s. Mechanical monkey automaton, the figure having a hand-painted paper-mache head, glass eyes, and wire glasses, dressed in wizard’sSee Sold Price
Sold2023Automaton-Diorama mit Spieluhr Jean-Marie PhaliboisAutomaton-Diorama mit Spieluhr Jean-Marie Phalibois, mit 3 beweglichen Figuren, France, von 1880, Holzgehause verwittert, sonst guter Zustand, fur Selbstabholer/SpeditionsversandSee Sold Price
Sold2022Monkey w Violin Automaton Att :PhaliboisLate 19th century, rare monkey automaton playing the violin attributed to Jean Phalibois circa 1875, displayed in its own salon with curtains and fireplace furniture, when wound the monkey moves his hSee 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
Sold2017Reuge Automaton Singing Bird BoxSwiss, late 20th century, blue enamel imitation lapis lazuli box, painted floral lid, brass mounts and quartz time piece with dial on front, singing bird with iridescent feathers, moving beak, wings,See Sold Price
Sold2020Karl Griesbaum Silver Mechanical Automaton Bird BoxKarl Griesbaum Singing Bird Box with Silver Case. Mechanical singing bird automaton by Karl Griesbaum, Germany, key-wind clockwork mechanism. The bird with bright plumage sings and turns around, flapsSee Sold Price
Sold2023FRENCH BRONZE BOX with SINGING AUTOMATON BIRDHinged oval lid with slide lever opens to a rising chirping bird. marked France. 1 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inchesSee 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
Sold2023A musical automaton bird boxA musical automaton bird box A musical automaton bird box or tabatiËre, 20th century, in the manner of Karl Griesbaum, the sides decorated with lake scenes, the top decorated with a courting coupSee Sold Price
Sold2016Singing Automaton Bird BoxUnmrked likely French or Swiss, circa 1840 with key wind spring driven movement, when operated the lid flips open and the real feathered bird flips up from an open work floral engraved brass cover andSee Sold Price
Sold2023FRERES ROCHAT , SWISS AUTOMATON SINGING BIRD BOXLES FRERES ROCHAT SINGING BIRD BOX ca. 1830 ; FRERES ROCHAT SWISS FUSEE AUTOMATON BIRD BOX WITH DOUBLE HAND PAINTED ENAMEL VIEWS OF LAKE GENEVA & MONT BLANC WITH MULTI COLORED PLUME BIRD SET IN TORTOISee 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
Sold2023LARGE FRENCH DOUBLE BIRDCAGE AUTOMATONLARGE DOUBLE BIRD AUTOMATON BIRD CAGE, MUSICAL CRANK WIND BIRD CAGE. WORKING. 22" H.See Sold Price
Sold2023AUTOMATON SINGING BIRD MUSIC BOXMechanical 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 compartmentSee Sold Price
Sold2023EXCEEDINGLY RARE PHALIBOIS AUTOMATON WITH THREE FRENCH BISQUE DOLLS BY BRU. 29” x 21”.EXCEEDINGLY RARE PHALIBOIS AUTOMATON WITH THREE FRENCH BISQUE DOLLS BY BRU. 29” x 21”. Arranged upon an ebonized wooden oval base under a glass dome with painted scenic background and applSee 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
Sold2017Seven Bird Automaton clock, naturalistic modeled inSeven 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, beloSee 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
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
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
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
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