11-03-200511-03-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2314
November 3, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
388

Singing Bird Clock Automaton by Bontems

Sell one like this
$4,113$3,500
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2314Location: BoltonDate / Time: November 03, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Singing Bird Clock Automaton by Bontems, the two-train movement by Japy Freres, Roman dial, gilt-brass bezel and countwheel strike on bell, in rocky papier-mache landscape with irredescent beetles, verdure, foliage, glass-twist waterfall, one stationary and four moving birds (two flitting, one bobbing, one flapping wings and moving his head) in blossom tree, on ebonized base containing the going-barrel movement driving pulleys, bellows and seven brass cams, ht. 25 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000