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Learn MoreSwiss Gold Singing Bird Box by Bruguier
- The renowned Charles Bruguier created this rare, early Swiss fusée singing bird box
- Ornately chased entirely in 18K gold, this birdbox is a decorative as well as a technical marvel
- With just the touch of a button, the top cover opens to reveal a singing bird
- Bird boxes such as this are a marvel of engineering and craftsmanship
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Singing bird boxes such as this example display some of the most complicated movements of all automata. The earliest bird boxes were fusée, or chain driven, which meant they played longer and clearer than later models. Few boasted as complex a movement as this example, which is composed of hundreds of complicated moving parts within the diminutive case. A painstaking and costly process was required to create just one of these elaborately ornamented treasures, and each was wonderfully unique. Bird boxes exhibiting this superior level of detail and design are extremely rare today, especially those in such excellent, working condition.
Circa 1840
3 1/2" wide x 2 1/4" deep x 1 1/4" high

Period: | 19th Century |
Origin: | Switzerland |
Type: | Bird Boxes |
Depth: | 2.25 Inches |
Width: | 3.5 Inches |
Height: | 1.25 Inches |
Style: | Neoclassical |
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