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JAQUET DROZ. A FINE GOLD, ENAMEL AND SEED PEARL OVAL SINGING BIRD BOX
SIGNED JAQUET DROZ, LONDON, CASE MARKED R., CIRCA 1790
The box of oval form, front cover, sides and base with guilloche pattern enamelled in translucent blue, cover with seed pearl rim and bezel, sides with stylised gold urns, gold and blue enamel design pattern to the borders, the lid with painted enamel scene of Palemon and Lavinia from Thomson's seasons, opened by a slide in the front revealing a singing bird, rotating on its axis, flapping its wings, wagging its tail and turning its head, with chain fusee movement, movement signed, case marked
90 mm. wide
SIGNED JAQUET DROZ, LONDON, CASE MARKED R., CIRCA 1790
The box of oval form, front cover, sides and base with guilloche pattern enamelled in translucent blue, cover with seed pearl rim and bezel, sides with stylised gold urns, gold and blue enamel design pattern to the borders, the lid with painted enamel scene of Palemon and Lavinia from Thomson's seasons, opened by a slide in the front revealing a singing bird, rotating on its axis, flapping its wings, wagging its tail and turning its head, with chain fusee movement, movement signed, case marked
90 mm. wide