A TORTOISESHELL SINGING BIRD BOX

A TORTOISESHELL SINGING BIRD BOX, PROBABLY BONTEMS, PARIS, EARLY 20TH C the lid engraved with birds on a branch, 9.8cm w, key, plush lined maroon leather boxAlthough the movement has not been examined, the present singing bird box would appear to be an example of Bontems best known box, Model 11. A virtually identical example, in its original travelling case, is illustrated Mayson (G T), Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres, 2000, fig 7.1.