Pendule cage à oiseaux - Lot 209

Lot n° 209
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20000 - 30000 EUR
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Result : 137 160EUR
Pendule cage à oiseaux - Lot 209
Pendule cage à oiseaux Bird cage clock with automaton and music box, the upper part in the shape of a dome, and the lower part octagonal in chased bronze, gilded and lacquered sheet metal decorated with two birds with, in the center, a glass fountain activated by a mechanism and thus gives the illusion of the course of water. It is decorated with burgundy lacquered sheet metal plates and polychrome oval medallions decorated with bouquets of flowers and women. It presents in four niches bouquets with porcelain flowers. The lower part is decorated with a white enamelled dial with indication of the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals. The mechanism features organ pipes playing different melodies. Attributed to Jaquet-Droz. Late 18th century, early 19th century (restorations, repairs to the movement of the clock, accidents to the dial, some chips) H : 46 D : 29 cm The time mechanism was redone during the 19th century Misses to the rods
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