Piguet & Meylan and Frédéric Rochat A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASE-FORM SINGING BIRD MUSICAL AUTOMATON CLOCK WITH HOUR AND HALF HOUR STRIKING CIRCA 1828 NO 581 The Case 3½-inch white enamel dial, Roman numerals, formed as a flattened campana-shaped vase with gilt rose wreath bezel, the lower body chased with acanthus over flutes, below a rose frieze, the handles formed as classical female heads topped by scrolled acanthus enclosing stars, fluted foot above a plain bronze plinth and later mahogany oval base housing the music Automata and Singing Bird the flat top of the vase centered by an oval pool mounted with a fluted column-form fountain, with three revolving glass rods simulating water, issuing from lion masks, topped by a multi-colored feathered singing bird, the bird with moving body, wings and tail and turning head, the front fitted with another automaton in the form of a see-saw on which a polychrome youth and girl balance whilst flying a paper kite, the whole flanked by potted flowering plants, going and striking wound through the dial, the automatons and singing bird wound and released on the top right hand side of the vase by levers, trip wind music released wound through the base, signed Frederic Rochat and stamped FR within an oval The Movement circular movement signed Piguet et Meylan, Genève, with going barrel, anchor escapement, short pendulum with silk suspension, countwheel mounted to the back plate, striking on a bell, the singing bird and automaton movement with fusee and chain, stacked cams and levers, the musical movement playing three tunes, with going barrel and fly regulator, 23.5 cm pinned cylinder with comb of thirty-two groups of four teeth and one of five teeth the music attributed to Nicole Frères, both base and music work associated later height overall 25 in (64 cm)
Piguet & Meylan and Frédéric Rochat A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASE-FORM SINGING BIRD MUSICAL AUTOMATON CLOCK WITH HOUR AND HALF HOUR STRIKING CIRCA 1828 NO 581 The Case 3½-inch white enamel dial, Roman numerals, formed as a flattened campana-shaped vase with gilt rose wreath bezel, the lower body chased with acanthus over flutes, below a rose frieze, the handles formed as classical female heads topped by scrolled acanthus enclosing stars, fluted foot above a plain bronze plinth and later mahogany oval base housing the music Automata and Singing Bird the flat top of the vase centered by an oval pool mounted with a fluted column-form fountain, with three revolving glass rods simulating water, issuing from lion masks, topped by a multi-colored feathered singing bird, the bird with moving body, wings and tail and turning head, the front fitted with another automaton in the form of a see-saw on which a polychrome youth and girl balance whilst flying a paper kite, the whole flanked by potted flowering plants, going and striking wound through the dial, the automatons and singing bird wound and released on the top right hand side of the vase by levers, trip wind music released wound through the base, signed Frederic Rochat and stamped FR within an oval The Movement circular movement signed Piguet et Meylan, Genève, with going barrel, anchor escapement, short pendulum with silk suspension, countwheel mounted to the back plate, striking on a bell, the singing bird and automaton movement with fusee and chain, stacked cams and levers, the musical movement playing three tunes, with going barrel and fly regulator, 23.5 cm pinned cylinder with comb of thirty-two groups of four teeth and one of five teeth the music attributed to Nicole Frères, both base and music work associated later height overall 25 in (64 cm)
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