Rare Ormolu Singing Bird Automaton Clock by Blaise Bontems

Apr 19, 2024

Rare Ormolu Singing Bird Automaton Clock by Blaise Bontems, c. 1885 Starting bid: € 5.600 | Estimate: € 10.000 – 15.000 With two-train clock movement by S. Martie et Cie, no. 1829, with “bird” and “Médaille de Bronze” stamps, striking...

Rare Singing Bird Box by Bontems

Apr 19, 2024

Rare Singing Bird Box by Bontems, c. 1890 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 2.500 – 3.500 With going-barrel movement, stack of eight horizontal cams, whistle and bellows, bird with charcoal-grey plumage, green-tipped wings, swiveling perch, articulated bone...

Hiller Talking Clock

Apr 19, 2024

Hiller Talking Clock, c. 1912 Starting bid: € 1.400 | Estimate: € 1.800 – 2.000 Bernhard Hiller, Berlin, clock with phonograph mechanism for time announcements every 15 minutes, double-spring motor, hill-and-dale type reproducer, for 50 mm sound tapes, oak case...

Schröder Chainstitch Sewing Machine

Apr 19, 2024

Schröder Chainstitch Sewing Machine, c. 1862 Starting bid: € 450 | Estimate: € 800 – 1.200 I. Schröder, Darmstadt, Germany. With retailer’s name on the brass plaque: “Atelier Mecanique E. Vix, Strasbourg”, walking foot machine, cast iron with...

Miniature Nuremberg Diptych Azimuth Dial

Apr 19, 2024

Miniature Nuremberg Diptych Azimuth Dial, c. 1700 Starting bid: € 450 | Estimate: € 800 – 1.200 Leonhard Andreas Karner. Consisting of 2 bone plates on a wood core and a bone cover plate, with red-and-black colored engravings, brass hooks, vertical dial on the...