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Details
An erotic singing bird box
the bird with yellow, black, blue and turquoise plumage, with brisk moving wings, body and metal beak, white metal pierced grille and polished lid interior, in highly decorated silver case with birds in flight amongst stylised leaf scrolls and roseheads, the lid with semi-irridescent enamel depicting a female nude reclining on a riverbank, on short cabriole legs with start/stop pull on the side -4in. (10.2cm) wide
the bird with yellow, black, blue and turquoise plumage, with brisk moving wings, body and metal beak, white metal pierced grille and polished lid interior, in highly decorated silver case with birds in flight amongst stylised leaf scrolls and roseheads, the lid with semi-irridescent enamel depicting a female nude reclining on a riverbank, on short cabriole legs with start/stop pull on the side -4in. (10.2cm) wide
Literature
Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatiees, G. T. Mayson, p.144, Fig. 8.3, (for similar enamel shown on oval silver-gilt Marguerat singing bird box.)
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