#90

4" Mechanical Singing Bird in Blue/Gold Embossed Box with Cigarette Drawer
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$1,900
sold
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Description

A heavy box with gold-plated anfular corners and feet has richly embossed blue enamel finish with gold-plated scross and flowers. The oval center lid has two golden love doves and opens to a gold-filigree bed with bird-shaped insert for the colorfully-feathered bird that pops up. The bird turns side to side, flutters its wings, and opens and closes its beak while chirping, trilling, and singing. There is a narrow cigarette drawer at a bottom, and an elaborate gold-plated key. Circa 1950s.