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BY CHARLES BRUGUIER (1788-1862), THE MOVEMENT STRUCK WITH MARK 'C.BRUGUIER A GENEVE' AND NUMBERED 430, GENEVA, CIRCA 1860
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A SWISS ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT SINGING-BIRD BOX
by Charles Bruguier (1788-1862), the movement struck with mark 'C.BRUGUIER A GENEVE' and numbered 430, Geneva, circa 1860
Rectangular box with receding lobed corners, the sides and base engine-turned and engraved with flowersprays and blank reserves, the cover enamelled with a mountainous riverside landscape within a scrolling border partly enamelled in blue, the sides cast with four drop-shaped corners, a slide on the front side opening the hinged oval flap enamelled with a mountainous riverside landscape view at the outside and with a flowerspray on a pale blue ground at the inside, and releasing the mechanism of the colourfully plumed singing bird rotating on its axis, flapping its wings, wagging its tail, turning its head and opening its beak, the associated key in rear key compartment
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
by Charles Bruguier (1788-1862), the movement struck with mark 'C.BRUGUIER A GENEVE' and numbered 430, Geneva, circa 1860
Rectangular box with receding lobed corners, the sides and base engine-turned and engraved with flowersprays and blank reserves, the cover enamelled with a mountainous riverside landscape within a scrolling border partly enamelled in blue, the sides cast with four drop-shaped corners, a slide on the front side opening the hinged oval flap enamelled with a mountainous riverside landscape view at the outside and with a flowerspray on a pale blue ground at the inside, and releasing the mechanism of the colourfully plumed singing bird rotating on its axis, flapping its wings, wagging its tail, turning its head and opening its beak, the associated key in rear key compartment
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide