Continental Double Singing Bird Automaton

Late 19th century, attributed to Phalibois, featuring two feathered songbird automata within a domed square metal cage, mounted atop an wooden plinth base with canted corners, coin drawer, and spring key-wind motor, raised on bun feet.

22 x 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Bridge, Albemarle, North Carolina

Overall aging; operating at the time of review with singing and some associated bird movement; scuffs and stains and some cracks to wood; verdigris to the cage; the birds intact, though soiled and showing their age.