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Swiss. An exceptional and possibly unique parrot-form gold and enamel, diamond and pearl-set musical walking cane handle with concealed watch, visible balance and two-action blacksmith and fountain automaton
UNSIGNED, PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
Swiss. An exceptional and possibly unique parrot-form gold and enamel, diamond and pearl-set musical walking cane handle with concealed watch, visible balance and two-action blacksmith and fountain automaton Unsigned, probably Geneva, circa 1810 Movement: Rectangular brass full plate with canted corners, two fixed barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm diamond-set balance against a mirror polished backplate. Musical movement with curved plates, pinned barrel, nine tuned steel teeth Dial: eccentric white enamel, Arabic numerals, set on a painted enamel scene, an applied multicolored gold blacksmith hammering on an anvil, a forge close by and a fountain with running water Case: in the form of a parrot’s head with black enamel beak, very finely engraved feathers highlighted with blue and black champlevé enamel, engraved stylized foliage at the base and pearl-set band around the shank, the parrot’s head hinged as a cover via a release catch opening to reveal the watch and automaton housed within a hinged two-body octagonal gold case, winding and hand-setting holes on the back, winding for the music via a shuttered aperture at the base of the neck Signed: mainspring indistinctly scratch signed and dated 1/1807 Dimensions: 66 mm. high, 25 mm. wide With: two keys and a custom-made display stand