For sale: A singing bird by Bontems, but this one with a clock!
The clock makes the bird sing every hour. All in pristine condition
ready to enjoy for another 100 years!

Some technical details :

- Butterfly pendulum with anchor escapement.
- Clock running over 8 days
- Strikes on bell every hour (full) and every half hour
- Original plumes on the bird!!
- Bird starts a few minutes before the hour
- Bird sits in beautiful setting with a painting in the back and
a little tree...
- Bird turns head and opens beak while singing
- 1 Winding key for the clock, 1 winding key for the bird mechanism
- Lever to switch the bird off
- facet cut glass to 3 sides
- Gold plated case with engravings

Comparable examples in
- 'Flight of Fancy' by Bailly on page 328
- 'Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks" (Schiffer book) p 215

For pictures or a video, please contact me.

More bird cages by Bontems are available, all restored to original
condition ready to serve a lifetime of enjoyment. Like a music box,
these machines put a smile on everyone's face! (... The look on a
child's face when these automatons are played -- that's pure honest
wonderment...)

Johan Goyvaerts
Zonhoven, Belgium
https://www.johangoyvaerts.be/ 
info@johangoyvaerts.be.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]