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A French musical automaton clock of birds in a tree, late 19th…
Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
27-Oct-2015
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Description:
A French musical automaton clock of birds in a tree, late 19th Century modelled with four birds tweeting and moving amongst the boughs of a wirework and fabric tree, the natuarlistically modelled rocky landscape with a turning glass rod to one side simulating flowing water, the key wind musical 8-day time only movement enclosed in the ebonised oval moulded plinth set with stop/start levers and pull cord winds the music, the clock with white enamelled dial and black Roman numerals set into the rock face all beneath a perspex dome, approximately 65 cm total height
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Category:
Entertainment Equipment: Musical Boxes & Automata