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A similar example featuring pink guilloché enamel is illustrated in Sharon and Christian Bailly, Flights of Fancy: Mechanical Singing Birds, 2001, p. 368
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THE MOVEMENT GRIESBAUM, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES-ARMAND MARGUERAT, CIRCA 1925
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A SWISS SILVER-PLATED AND ENAMEL SINGING-BIRD BOX WITH CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT GRIESBAUM, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES-ARMAND MARGUERAT, CIRCA 1925
Rectangular, the cover enamelled with reclining woman, opening to reveal a singing bird with moving beak and wings, the cover surround with blue guilloché enamel and silver border, with two columns supporting a clock with blue enamel border, the base stamped 428 Swiss made and depose 935, with key
6in. (152mm.) high
THE MOVEMENT GRIESBAUM, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES-ARMAND MARGUERAT, CIRCA 1925
Rectangular, the cover enamelled with reclining woman, opening to reveal a singing bird with moving beak and wings, the cover surround with blue guilloché enamel and silver border, with two columns supporting a clock with blue enamel border, the base stamped 428 Swiss made and depose 935, with key
6in. (152mm.) high