Singing Bird Musical Automatons

Large Bontems singing bird cage music box

Large 2-Bird Cage

An antique 2-bird cage, featuring brightly feathered birds. Made in France around 1900 and working perfectly.

#783

Singing Bird in Jardiniere Flowerpot

This piece, made by Bontems, c.1880, features an animated singing bird sitting atop an array of flowers. Similar examples may be seen in Christian Bailly’s “Golden Age of Automata” and “Flights of Fancy”.

#5594

Antique Bird Cage With Animated Duck

This special large cage, attributed to famed automaton maker Phalibois, features a singing bird on a perch and a duck, bobbing his head and beak up and down while the bird sings. Stands about 22” tall, with ring hanger atop. We have never seen another example similar to this.

#781

Bontems singing bird cage music box

Small Bontems 1-Bird Cage

This vintage cage was also made by Bontems, and stands about 11” high. Fully restored and in perfect condition.

#779

3-Birds in Cage

An unusual and decorative bird cage, with three colorful animated birds chirping away on their perches. A very nice, large, modern example. 

#753

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