* A French Sevres Style Porcelain Inset Singing Birdcage Automaton, set with a single bird, a flowering leafy branch and plaques decorated with courting couples in landscapes. Height overall 20 1/4 inches. Estimate $ 2,000-4,000 Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio Overall good, stable, dirty condition. Bird feathers ruffled. Porcelain plaques intact but the porcelain plaque having keyhole having some chips at the hole. Gilt metal base with fairly even dirty patina. With later key. Takes a wind. Bird moves its head, flaps its wings and sings. Late 19th/early 20th century.
* A French Sevres Style Porcelain Inset Singing Birdcage Automaton, set with a single bird, a flowering leafy branch and plaques decorated with courting couples in landscapes. Height overall 20 1/4 inches. Estimate $ 2,000-4,000 Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio Overall good, stable, dirty condition. Bird feathers ruffled. Porcelain plaques intact but the porcelain plaque having keyhole having some chips at the hole. Gilt metal base with fairly even dirty patina. With later key. Takes a wind. Bird moves its head, flaps its wings and sings. Late 19th/early 20th century.
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