Antique French BONTEMS Singing Bird Cage Bird Automaton Music Box
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:26819571 |
JUST IN TIME FOR HOLIDY GIFT GIVING. I AM PLEASED TO OFFER MORE THAN 200+ PIECES FROM A LOCAL ESTATE COLLECTION IDEAL FOR GIFTING YOURSELF OR PERHAPS A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE.ANTIQUE
ALL ORIGINAL
BONTEMS
FRENCH BRASS
SINGING BIRD IN CAGE
AUTOMATON
SERIAL NUMBER 5648871
UNTOUCHED CONDITION -INCLUDING DUST
BIRD HEAD FEATHERS IN TACT IN CAGE
11" TALL
I SHIP WORLDWIDE
INCLUDING CHINA - JAPAN - SOUTH KOREA AND RUSSIA
Offered in this sale is an ...antique all original high quality untouched Bontems French brass singing bird cage automaton that likely dates to the early 1900s. This is in untouched original condition. The bird chirps and moves its head but the wings don't move. I am not sure if they are supposed to or not. Overall the piece measures roughly 11" tall x 6 1/4" in diameter. The base is marked "MADE IN FRANCE" along with what I presume is the serial number 5648871. The felt base is dusty and the feathers crowning the head have come off but are in the cage in one wig like piece. When I ship I will carefully take this with a tweezers and place safely in a separate box tiny box so it does not get crushed. These early vintage automatons are highly collectable and I am sure someone will want to clean this and restore. The metal work is great and has no damage or scratches. The original gilt patina is great. Please be sure to enlarge and zoom each image for a close up view of the detail and decoration and the condition. Do not hesitate to send me a message if you have questions or would like additional images I always guarantee everything that I sell to be as described. This piece is being sold without a reserve as long as there is an opening bid. The shipping cost within the United States is $15.00The last two images illustrate just a few of the many other items I have or will be posting separately for sale on Ebay throughout the next several weeks including a collection of Royal Copenhagen porcelain cat and other animal figurines, a collection of Steuben glass Christmas ornaments, early English, Continental and Vienna porcelain, Rookwood pottery, a French Bontams singing bird cage, Imari porcelain, a collection of over forty vintage original blue Cyanotype photographs and real picture postcards as well as more than a one hundred early press and wire photos dating from the early to mid 1900s, Mason's Ironstone, Dresden porcelain, antique and vintage Chinese famille rose medallion porcelain, Lladro porcelain as well as an eclectic mix of antique to contemporary china glass and accessories including flow blue china, Rosenthal porcelain, Scandinavian and Murano art glass, antique photo albums and photographs, as well as other 18th - 20th century American, English, Continental and Chinese ceramics, porcelain, glass and accessories. If you are interested in bidding on more than one item I do offer combined shipping which saves on postage..YOU ARE BIDDING ON ONLY THE ONE PIECE IN THIS SALE. You can view a list of all the other items I currently have posted for sale on Ebay by clicking on the SEE OTHER ITEMS link in the seller information box to the upper right of this page. BE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN