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UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1900
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German. A fine gilt and enamel singing bird box
Unsigned, circa 1900
The box of rectangular form, the oval lid decorated with a painted multi-coloured scene depicting figures in a pastoral landscape, opened by a slide in the front revealing a singing bird rotating on its axis, flapping its wings, wagging its tail and opening its beak, pierced and engraved foliage decorated gilt grill, all surrounded by a painted multi-coloured pastoral scene, green and white champleve enamel decorated sides, the front centered by a circular painted multi-coloured riverside scene, winding hole to the plain bottom plate, together with a bird-shaped key and original fitted presentation box, unsigned, stamped with a German hallmark
103 mm. wide
Unsigned, circa 1900
The box of rectangular form, the oval lid decorated with a painted multi-coloured scene depicting figures in a pastoral landscape, opened by a slide in the front revealing a singing bird rotating on its axis, flapping its wings, wagging its tail and opening its beak, pierced and engraved foliage decorated gilt grill, all surrounded by a painted multi-coloured pastoral scene, green and white champleve enamel decorated sides, the front centered by a circular painted multi-coloured riverside scene, winding hole to the plain bottom plate, together with a bird-shaped key and original fitted presentation box, unsigned, stamped with a German hallmark
103 mm. wide