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A fine gilt metal and rose-enamel singing bird box
the bird with predominent tones of yellow and red plumage, moving beak, wings and tailfeather, going-barrel movement, pierced gilt grille with tooled decoration and plain silver-gilt lid interior, in large case with shaped sides, domed enamel lid with a view of a serenading man offering flowers to a seated lady in a wooded landscape with two sheep at their feet, bordered by fine gilt line decoration, reeded silver-gilt lid surround with simple floral relief, the main domed top with weave-line engine-turned decoration, above shaped stepped edge and four thin panels of cobolt-blue enamel to corners, curved sides and flat start/stop button to front all in rose-pink tone, and rectangular Rolex timepiece to front centre, with swirl-tooled dial decoration with absent numerals, canted corners, on short scroll feet, plain gilt underside and hinged compartment at the back for key, opening from the side, circa 1930 -5in. (12.7cm) wide, (very small surface chip to lid edge, enamel wear and fading on hinge compartment area)
the bird with predominent tones of yellow and red plumage, moving beak, wings and tailfeather, going-barrel movement, pierced gilt grille with tooled decoration and plain silver-gilt lid interior, in large case with shaped sides, domed enamel lid with a view of a serenading man offering flowers to a seated lady in a wooded landscape with two sheep at their feet, bordered by fine gilt line decoration, reeded silver-gilt lid surround with simple floral relief, the main domed top with weave-line engine-turned decoration, above shaped stepped edge and four thin panels of cobolt-blue enamel to corners, curved sides and flat start/stop button to front all in rose-pink tone, and rectangular Rolex timepiece to front centre, with swirl-tooled dial decoration with absent numerals, canted corners, on short scroll feet, plain gilt underside and hinged compartment at the back for key, opening from the side, circa 1930 -5in. (12.7cm) wide, (very small surface chip to lid edge, enamel wear and fading on hinge compartment area)
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