Items with musical mechanism and automaton

Singing bird snuffbox, with case

    Singing bird snuffbox, with case

    Switzerland, Geneva

    Circa 1850

    Bruguier, Charles-Abraham (The Senior)

    Enamel, steel, brass, painted bird feathers, silver; casting, champlevé enamel, painted (pictorial) enamel, engraving, mechanical work, gilding, matting

    3.6 x 9.7 x 6.3 cm

    On the inside of the case lid: “DESOUTER/4, HANOVER STREET, LONDON. W.”

    4539.1-3PCA223/ДПИ