An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930 poa-item especially in this lovely blue

especially in this lovely blue shade and very easy to sell

the glass containing a silvery metal substance

sponges became a major export from the Eastern Mediterranean ports of the Ottoman Empire

And purposes of life

the Cistercians emphasised the importance of manual labour

An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930 poa-item especially in this lovely blueOrigin: GermanPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930Height: 11. 5Diameter: 5. 75The two bird singing automaton in good working order, being brass cased with a domed top to hanging ring, the two singing birds chirping for a full two and half minutes on a full wind, the real fathered plumage in yellow black and red black amongst leaves and foliage, the circular base cast with garlands of flowers, the whole being raised on three short turned