An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the painting has not been

the painting has not been cleaned

The condition of the sphere is superb with very few blemishes and a good array of small air bubbles can be seen within it

this chair would have been well used within the rooms of a Welsh farmhouse in the second quarter of the nineteenth century

His patent totally re-designed the inside workings of traditional upholstery

An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope the painting has not beenOrigin: 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