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£2,150
A coin operated singing bird in cage automaton, probably, French, circa 1890, the bird with moving head, beak and tail feather synchronized to the birdsong, under a gilt brass cage with one penny coin entry shoot, on a canted rectangular gold painted pine base pull out drawer, key stamped Bird Cage EMD, 60 cm.
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