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French singing bird automaton by Botems, c. 1880, the cage with…
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French singing bird automaton by Botems, c. 1880, the cage with the three singing birds on an ornate brass stand, in good working condition. Provenance: Purchased from the Joblin collection in the 1970s. Jobling toured New Zealand in the early 1920s with a collection of automata models acquired in Europe in the 1890s; Bryan Jackson collection of music boxes and toys
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Entertainment Equipment: Musical Boxes & Automata