Automaton 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 flowe

Musical 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’s

Automaton-Diorama mit Spieluhr Jean-Marie Phalibois, mit 3 beweglichen Figuren, France, von 1880, Holzgehause verwittert, sonst guter Zustand, fur Selbstabholer/Speditionsversand

Late 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 h

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

Swiss, 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,

Karl 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, flaps

Hinged oval lid with slide lever opens to a rising chirping bird. marked France. 1 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches

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

A 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 coup

Unmrked 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 and

LES 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 TORTOI

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

LARGE DOUBLE BIRD AUTOMATON BIRD CAGE, MUSICAL CRANK WIND BIRD CAGE. WORKING. 22" H.

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

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 appl

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/