Fine Oiseaux Chantants
A fine singing bird box by Jacques Brugier,
circa 1870,
No. 108322, signed on spring loafer Jacques Bruiguier - rue Bopuvard 6, a Geneva, with fusee movement, the bird in predominant tones of green and blue feathered plumage, moving head bone beak and wings to rapid sequential bird-song, rising through finely chased and pierced gilt grille, the tortoiseshell case with plain start/stop button to right-side front, the top inlaid with repeating veri-coloured yellow metal flowers, the lid with detailed view of a woodland path with palace, mountains and a lake beyond, with stylised floral engraved gilt border, key compartment at rear with internal mid-tone tortoiseshell panel with fusee chain visible behind, with associated key, in a retailer's fitted travelling case
No. 108322, signed on spring loafer Jacques Bruiguier - rue Bopuvard 6, a Geneva, with fusee movement, the bird in predominant tones of green and blue feathered plumage, moving head bone beak and wings to rapid sequential bird-song, rising through finely chased and pierced gilt grille, the tortoiseshell case with plain start/stop button to right-side front, the top inlaid with repeating veri-coloured yellow metal flowers, the lid with detailed view of a woodland path with palace, mountains and a lake beyond, with stylised floral engraved gilt border, key compartment at rear with internal mid-tone tortoiseshell panel with fusee chain visible behind, with associated key, in a retailer's fitted travelling case
Sold for
£10,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Looking carefully at the floral inlay designs on the top panel, they appear to be upside-down. This may be intentional for the spectators' eye, rather than that of the operator.
Category: Collectibles / Toys and Dolls
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