Goldenfinch and blue tit in a Reuge dome cageSold

Elegant automaton from the Swiss manufacture Reuge: domed cage with ball top and hanging ring on a polished gilt base, decorated with engraved floral garlands in a neoclassical style. Inside are two birds of bright plumage: a yellow one with a black cap on a perch and a blue one with an open beak at the foot, among the silky foliage. Winding - from below, with a figured key; There is also a mode selector with readable positions STOP / INTER (intermittent start) / continuous singing (indicated by notes). An exemplary example of the Swiss school of automata of the second half of the 20th century: impeccable polishing, precise mechanics, lively polyphonic singing.