A Bontems style clockwork singing bird automaton, late 19th ...

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£150

A Bontems style clockwork singing bird automaton, late 19th or early 20th century, probably French, the chirping feathered bird modelled with articulated head and tails, set among naturalistic metal foliage in a domed wirework birdcage with hanging loop, 28cm high overall (at fault)

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When wound the birds head rotates as it sings, however this appears to be intermittent as the movement pauses.