A CONTINENTAL COMPOSITION AND GILT-METAL SINGING-BIRD BOX

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