France, attributed to Bontems, automata with three caged, singing birds, the gilt cage having a rectangular wooden base with canted corners, decorated with foliate ornament, and containing the keywound mechanism, the cage containing brightly colored, life

France, attributed to Bontems, automata with three caged, singing birds, the gilt cage having a rectangular wooden base with canted corners, decorated with foliate ornament, and containing the keywound mechanism, the cage containing brightly colored, life size songbirds who vocalize, turn their heads and flick their tails in turn when activated base with minor losses to surface, now painted gold, cage dirty, with minor bends, floor of cage and birds extremely dusty, losses to feathers, working very well