An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930

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An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930Origin: GermanPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930Height: 11. 5Diameter: 5. 75The two bird singing automaton in good working order, being brass cased with a domed top to hanging ring, the two singing birds chirping for a full two and half minutes on a full wind, the real fathered plumage in yellow black and red black amongst leaves and foliage, the circular base cast with garlands of flowers, the whole being raised on three short turned

Professional shoot-worthy props like this are rarely available on the open market and its sublime execution perfectly captures the magic and ritual of Mummification making it a wonderfully decorative and original item that is sure to be a collector’s item of the future

This portrait shows a distinct turn away from the more traditional and would have been a fresh perspective at the time with the sitter more in profile and the colours that have been used

who published the title History of British Seaweeds establishing her as England’s first lady algologist

though could be further cleaned

fore-shortened or otherwise

Height: 22” (with chains and fitment)

a very elegant pair of Regency finery

The glass sits very slightly loose in the frame but could be tightened closer to the woolwork with the addition of one or two nails or fasteners to the rear

depicts the traditional children's tale of Babes in The Wood

There are only two stones lacking

and many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century examples in Belgium commemorating members of the Imperial family

cast for a loved one

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