CHARLES BRUGUIER. A FINE AND RARE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX
SIGNED CHARLES BRUGUIER, GENEVE, NO. 258, CIRCA 1850
CHARLES BRUGUIER. A FINE AND RARE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX SIGNED CHARLES BRUGUIER, GENEVE, NO. 258, CIRCA 1850 brass movement with chain fusée, stacked cams, fly regulator and rectangular bellow, entirely engine-turned and engraved foliage decorated rectangular box, the sides with "taille-douce" engraved floral and foliage decorated sides and bottom over engine-turned background, the top with polychrome enamel landscape scene, a polychrome enamel bouquet of flowers on a blue background to the inside, opening to reveal a finley pierced and engraved scroll decorated grille and to release the colorfully plumed bird, rotating on its axis, chriping, flapping its wings, wagging its tail, turning it's head and opening its beak; movement signed and numbered, case with hand scratched number 258 ; 91 x 57 x 31 mm.
CHARLES BRUGUIER. A FINE AND RARE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX
SIGNED CHARLES BRUGUIER, GENEVE, NO. 258, CIRCA 1850
CHARLES BRUGUIER. A FINE AND RARE SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD BOX SIGNED CHARLES BRUGUIER, GENEVE, NO. 258, CIRCA 1850 brass movement with chain fusée, stacked cams, fly regulator and rectangular bellow, entirely engine-turned and engraved foliage decorated rectangular box, the sides with "taille-douce" engraved floral and foliage decorated sides and bottom over engine-turned background, the top with polychrome enamel landscape scene, a polychrome enamel bouquet of flowers on a blue background to the inside, opening to reveal a finley pierced and engraved scroll decorated grille and to release the colorfully plumed bird, rotating on its axis, chriping, flapping its wings, wagging its tail, turning it's head and opening its beak; movement signed and numbered, case with hand scratched number 258 ; 91 x 57 x 31 mm.
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