#151

Swiss Singing Mechanical Bird in a Gilded Cage
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$750
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Description

A brass-finished cage with raised floral borders and brass ball finial with loop handle has a velvet covered base upon which is a metal bird perch decorated with leaves, and a pretty feathered bird. The mechanism winds from attached key beneath the cage. The bird turns his head from side to side, flutters tail feathers, opens and closes its beak and sings. Circa 1960.