CONTINENTAL TORTOISE SHELL BIRD BOX AUTOMATON,

A 19TH CENTURY SWISS AUTOMATON SINGING TORTOISESHELL BIRD BOX with enamelled lid. 10 cm x 6.5 cm.

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

19TH C. WITH TORTOISE SHELL CASE WITH SINGING BIRD MECHANISM. DECORATED POP-UP LID REVEALING FEATHERED BIRD. 4" X 2 1/2" X 1 1/2". TERMS: UPDATED 2023 TERMS FOR PURCHASING AND SHIPPING OF AUCTION ITEM

Dutch or German, with silver mounts. Decorated with a geometric swirl pattern. Diameter 8 cm. (3 1/8 in.)

A good tortoiseshell singing bird box, probably by Bontems, circa 1890, with going-barrel movement, the bird with layered feathered plumage in green, dark brown, electric blue and turquoise hues, red

Two Continental Polychrome Decorated Tortoiseshell Snuff Boxes 18th/19th Century Diameter of larger example 2 1/2 inches.  

19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL TORTOISESHELL, BRASS AND BRONZE PERFUME BOX IN THE FORM OF A DONKEY-DRAWN WAGON. Hinged wagon top opens to set of four silver-capped crystal perfume bottles. (Imperfections a

A Collection of Nine English and Continental Boxes 18th Century and Later comprising a continental silver and tortoise-shell mounted snuff box, an enamel on copper bonbonniere in the form of love bird

Group of Continental Table Articles Comprising: A hardstone vide poche A faux tortoise shell box inset with porcelain plaque A metal-mounted hardstone box The largest 1 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. Propert

19th C. English Continental Tea Caddy Box with Tortoise Shell Veneer. size: 7 in. x 10 in. x 6.75 in.

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

Mounted tortoise shell sewing box, late 19th/early 20th c.; Velvet-lined interior tray with 9 kt. yellow gold pin case and mother of pearl accessories; 3" x 7 1/4" x 4 3/4"

Mid 19th century, likely Continental. The pair having a very handsome burned surface to simulate tortoise shell. Each box having rectangular top with shaped edge continuing down to a lid above two loc

A Continental Gilt Metal Mounted and Portrait Miniature Inset Tortoiseshell Snuff Box Likely French, 18th Century Diameter 3 inches.  

METAL: Silver. GEMSTONES: Tortoiseshell. MEASUREMENTS: Brooch is 49mm x 24mm. TESTED: Silver. WEIGHT: 5.5 grams. Comes with box.Gemstones have not been graded for color and clarity ,and tested for cla

Tortoiseshell patch/snuff box with silver and mother of pearl inlay, 18th/ early 19th C., Continental, applied silver inlay to cover featuring child surrounded by foliate scrolls and mother of pearl a

Two Continental Gilt Metal Mounted and Portrait Miniature Inset Tortoiseshell Snuff Boxes Likely French, 18th Century Diameter of larger example 2 3/4 inches.  

* A Continental 12-Karat Tri-Colored Gold and Tortoise Shell Decorated Snuff Box 19th century the lid decorated with a wolf preying on fowl in a wooded scene. Diameter 3 1/4 inches. Estimate $1,000-2,

Antique French long handled Lorgnette Opera Glasses Faux tortoise shell with carved bird handle Dimension: 16.4" lg (unfolded), handle: 10.6" Contents: original box with foldable handle opera glasses

Six Antique Continental Boxes , 19th c., one tortoiseshell with portrait, one with soldiers on horseback, one carved wood titled "Bataille des 3 Empereur", and others, largest length 4 in

Antique Swiss Automaton Singing Bird Box 4''x2.75''. Shell case with engraved birds and flora cover. Working order, though it runs fast. Cracking and loss to case on underside. Interior bird is missin

An elaborated tortoise shell carved Chinese antique cricket box decorated with bird and tree in reticulated style, 3.4"Hx1.88"dia, NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING OF TORTOISE SHELL

Y AN 18TH CENTURY GOLD MOUNTED AND TORTOISESHELL BOXUNMARKEDThe tortoiseshell cover inlaid with birds, foliate swags, bows, arrows, quivers and panels of mother of pearl, the base inlaid with a dog ch

Continental, 20th century, gilt with blue embellishments, courting scene on oval hinge, red, blue, and yellow bird, wind-up mechanism to base, 1-3/4 x 4-1/2 x˜3-1/4 in.˜Provenance: Private Collectio