Singing bird box tabatiere, French or German, tortoise shell case with compartment for snuff or to keep the key, and gilt cover, engraved with a scene of a well dressed couple, their estate in the background, giving coins to the poor, the bird with orange

Singing bird box tabatiere, French or German, tortoise shell case with compartment for snuff or to keep the key, and gilt cover, engraved with a scene of a well dressed couple, their estate in the background, giving coins to the poor, the bird with orange, red, blue, green, and black feathers emerges and does his routine when the start slide is pushed, all on silver ball feet, c1890 Case very good with a few minor scratches and marks, cover with losses to gilding and minor filing at front edge, bird with minor losses to feathers, working