HUGE BONTEMS REUGE SINGING BIRD CAGE BIRD AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX (Watch video)

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HUGE BONTEMS REUGE SINGING BIRD CAGE BIRD AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX (Watch video):
$5950.00

Rare and wonderful triple singing bird cage that was made during the acquisition transition of Bontems and Reuge in November, 1960.

This is a beautiful and enormous singing bird cage automaton measuring two feet tall; dimensions in inches are 24 x 14 x 11.5. The birds retain their original feathers and are in excellent condition.I did replace the old faded foliage and flowers.

I fully serviced (cleaned, adjusted, lubricated)the mechanical movement and also restored the bellows and internal whistle air chamber so this bird cage operates perfectly. The highly decorative gesso base and gleaming cage are in excellent condition.

Reuge acquired Bontems in 1960 and this automaton is clearly a design that Bontems was working on that Reuge finished. During this time, automaton makers were experimenting with electricity and Bontems had yet to offer such an automaton. The mechanism is a four cam, solid brass and partially pinned Bontems movement with leather covered wooden bellows - no plastic gears, camsor levers. The main difference is instead of a manually wound mainspring powering the movement, a Bontems factory designed French electric motor (Crouzet) was substituted. The motor is dated November, 1960. The mechanism and birds are100% original to this automaton.

What really makes this automaton special from a user perspective is with today\'s digital, short cycle switch technology, you could easily plug this automaton into a short cycle switch that plugs into your DC outlet and instantly have the realistic sound of three singing birds that would cycle on/off on a pre-determined schedule. Imagine birds singing for one minute, off for two, sing for 30 seconds, off for one minute, five minutes, whatever. A manually wound automaton cannot offer such a wonderful and pleasing feature.

Except for the enormous size, the three birds are designed similar to the birds used on other Reuge singing bird cages. The standard sized bird singing bird cage to the left is purely for size comparison purposes only and is not included in this offering.

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There was slight gold paint loss on the very bottom border around the rear and back left corner whichI touched up

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