PROBABLY SWISS, CIRCA 1880
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A CONTINENTAL COMPOSITION AND GILT-METAL SINGING-BIRD BOX
probably Swiss, circa 1880
Rectangular flecked tortoiseshell box with wavy outlines resting on four globular feet, a pull-lever on the right hand side opening the hinged slightly domed oval semi-translucent tortroiseshell flap and releasing the mechanism of the colourfully plumed singing bird rotating on its axis, key hole in the basis, with key
46 in. (116 mm.) wide
probably Swiss, circa 1880
Rectangular flecked tortoiseshell box with wavy outlines resting on four globular feet, a pull-lever on the right hand side opening the hinged slightly domed oval semi-translucent tortroiseshell flap and releasing the mechanism of the colourfully plumed singing bird rotating on its axis, key hole in the basis, with key
46 in. (116 mm.) wide