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SWISS. A GILT METAL AND ENAMEL BIRD CAGE WITH AUTOMATON WATERFALL
UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF JACQUET DROZ & LESCHOT, CIRCA 1790
With gilt-finished fusee movement, rectangular bellows wheel with six cams controlling the motion of the two birds, 2 discs for the flight, the case with hexagonal base set with panels, decorated with polychrome garlands of flowers, eight columns with urn finials, the sides and top with filigree panels, two painted birds with moving bodies, wings and beaks, jumping from perch to perch, fountain of three turning glass rods,
210 mm. high.
UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF JACQUET DROZ & LESCHOT, CIRCA 1790
With gilt-finished fusee movement, rectangular bellows wheel with six cams controlling the motion of the two birds, 2 discs for the flight, the case with hexagonal base set with panels, decorated with polychrome garlands of flowers, eight columns with urn finials, the sides and top with filigree panels, two painted birds with moving bodies, wings and beaks, jumping from perch to perch, fountain of three turning glass rods,
210 mm. high.