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Tweeting Bird Automaton
By Brian Chesters

Hello MMDers.  Does anyone know of a similar item, or a possible
date/place of manufacture of the following item in my collection?

Black wooden base housing a two-tune musical movement and a tweeting
bird sound made by a pair of small bellows.  I shy away from saying
"Singing Bird" as there is no tune to it, just a twitter.  Above the
base is a tree in which there is a little bird that jumps from branch
to branch and flaps its wings wildly.  There is also a glass rod that
simulates a fountain.  The whole lot is under a glass dome.

My guess is French and 1910, but any help would be appreciated.

Brian Chesters
brian@blackpool.net

 [ I bet your cat goes crazy, too!  ;)  -- Robbie



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Key Words in Subject:  Automaton, Bird, Tweeting

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