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RETAILED BY FINNIGANS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A TORTOISESHELL-MOUNTED SINGING BIRD-BOX
RETAILED BY FINNIGANS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Oblong, the top with a hinged cover within a brass frame, engraved with foliage and opening to reveal the bird within a pierced gallery, the back of the box hinged and with a compartment for the key, the back with the remains of an inscription, engraved Finnigans Bond St.W., contained in a fitted case with a second key, labelled indistinctly for Finnigan & Co.
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) wide
The inscription reads 'To .... Dorothy From Cecil'
RETAILED BY FINNIGANS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Oblong, the top with a hinged cover within a brass frame, engraved with foliage and opening to reveal the bird within a pierced gallery, the back of the box hinged and with a compartment for the key, the back with the remains of an inscription, engraved Finnigans Bond St.W., contained in a fitted case with a second key, labelled indistinctly for Finnigan & Co.
3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) wide
The inscription reads 'To .... Dorothy From Cecil'
Provenance
Displayed in the Drawing Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.
Special notice
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