190
REUGE
Mechanical singing birds carillon
Height x diameter: 30 x 17 cm.
Metal cage and casing containing two small dancing parrots with colorful plumage. The feathers are authentic, repainted, and the birds are attached to the bases with a brass stand and assembled to the mechanism hidden by a blue velvet-covered top. Underneath is the crank that winds the mechanism and the button that starts the music box.
Trademark of the brand “Reuge Musik,” Sainte Croix, made in Switzerland.
Literature:
Au Pays, Des Boites À Musique Et Des Automates, Les Editions du Cochet, CH 1450 Sainte-Croix. 1ère édition, 1989.
Au Pays, Des Boites À Musique Et Des Automates, Les Editions du Cochet, CH 1450 Sainte-Croix. 1ère édition, 1989.
The technique was acquired by Reuge from the Bontems company in Paris and the German company Eschle in the 1960s.
€ 1.500,00 / 2.000,00
Estimate
€ 650,00
Starting price
Unsold
Live auction 328
Antique Furniture, Objects of Art, Curiosities
Antique Furniture, Objects of Art, Curiosities
with a selection of carpets
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, tue 4 March 2025
SINGLE SESSION 04/03/2025 Hours 15:30