Bontems antique singing bird box

A Bontems No 11 silver gilt and tortoiseshell singing bird box. A superb French Bontems No 11 model from the late 19th Century. The silver gilt lid is engraved. On sliding the operating lever the lid opens and the full bodied bird pops through the grille and begins singing. It has a moving ivory beak, the bird turns, flaps his wings and tail and after his performance pops down through the grille and the lid lowers.

Stock Number: gd168/spr11
£6,250

Height: 1.3 in / 3.3 cm
Width: 4 in / 10.16 cm
Depth: 2.6 in / 6.6 cm