Double Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems, No. 321, with red and gray plumage, moving heads and beaks, one with moving tail, in domed cage on circular brass base with repousse design of acanthus leaves, linked rings and foliate-swags, the intermittent going-barrel movement with crank-key and birdsong, ht. 21 in., (good movements and song, birds restored).
Double Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems, No. 321, with red and gray plumage, moving heads and beaks, one with moving tail, in domed cage on circular brass base with repousse design of acanthus leaves, linked rings and foliate-swags, the intermittent going-barrel movement with crank-key and birdsong, ht. 21 in., (good movements and song, birds restored).
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