A gilt-brass singing bird striking carriage clock with bi-metallic balance to lever platform, strike/repeat/alarm on bell on backplate with stamp for Japy Freres, white enamel dial signed Brevet D'Invention S.G.D.G., Roman chapters with blued distaff hands, foliate engraved two-tier case with detached columns, the glazed automaton bird above on naturalistic base singing on the hour or at will via a lever to the side of the case tripping the automaton movement in the base