59,800 HKD
Attributable to the workshop of Charles Bruguier, Geneva, No. 42, circa 1850.Fine, tortoiseshell and 18K gold, singing bird box. Notes Although it is not signed, this singing bird box is almost identical to that produced by the workshop of Charles Bruguier.Charles Abraham BruguierBorn in Geneva in 1788. He spent the first years of his career working for other manufacturers making automata, before returning to Geneva and establishing his own business. His workshops continued under the guidance of his two sons, followed by his grandson. Bruguier understood better than his predecessors (Jaquet-Droz, Leschot and Les Frères Rochat) the secrets of successfully re-creating “bird-song”, and he achieved considerable improvements in the design of the movements. His early works, awell as his bird cages, are considered as the finest “singing” mechanisms ever made in a small size. He died in 1862.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
