BREGUET
Breguet
Automaton with singing bird
Cigarette box with drawer
Circa 1940
Chased brass case signed Breguet,
gilded with flowers in the Louis XV style
Mechanical hand-wound movement.
movement.
Size: 100x58x68mm
According to the Breguet archives, this
singing bird case was sold on November 8, 1941
on November 8, 1941 to Mr.
Poumier for the sum of 5800
francs.
A series of these music boxes
were produced between 1930 and 1950
by Bontemps, the example that we present here
presented here, has been in the same family
family for many years and unused.
and unused. It is not in working condition
condition, it will have to be restored in order to
to be restored in order to be able to discover the
the melody and the graceful movement
of this singing bird
