Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Aug 25, 2012

LOT 149

REUGE MUSIC GILT BRASS LAPIS LAZULI SINGING BIRD BOX Reuge Music, Swiss. Made in the 1980's. Fine gilt-metal faux lapis lazuli bird box. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, faux lapis lazuli, bird cover gilt brass and base. M. Going barrel, rectangular belows, whistle, the bird rotating and moving wings, tail and beak, controlled by a rack and two cams mounted beneath the barrel, activated by a slide in the side of the case. Dim. 11 x 6.5 x 4.