Sold for:
32,200 HKD
32,200 HKD
German, made for the Oriental Market, circa 1920. Fine, silver gilt and enamel, singing bird box. Rectangular with rounded corners, the side panels and cover repoussé with basket of flowers and further floral decoration over a matt ground, the gold lid of the bird finely painted with the portrait of an Oriental nobleman. Gilt brass rectangular with rectangular bellow and fly regulator, the going barrel with two cams driving the movements of the bird, moving wings, beak and pivoting.Dim. 97 x 60 x 36 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
