124

Mechanical singing birds carillon

Height x diameter: 30 x 17 cm.
Metal cage and casing containing two small dancing parrots with colorful plumage. The feathers are authentic, repainted, and the birds are attached to the bases with a brass stand and assembled to the mechanism hidden by a blue velvet-covered top. Underneath is the crank that winds the mechanism and the button that starts the music box. 

Trademark of the brand “Reuge Musik,” Sainte Croix, made in Switzerland. 
Literature:
Au Pays, Des Boites À Musique Et Des Automates, Les Editions du Cochet, CH 1450 Sainte-Croix. 1ère édition, 1989.
The technique was acquired by Reuge from the Bontems company in Paris and the German company Eschle in the 1960s.
€ 1.500,00 / 2.000,00
Estimate
€ 550,00
Starting price
Sold
Login
Evaluate a similar item
Live auction 361

ANCIENT FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART FROM 16th TO 20th CENTURY Including selected furnishings from the Count Luigi Rigi Luperti Collection

Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, thu 11 December 2025
SINGLE SESSION 11/12/2025 Hours 15:00
New lots currently at auction