Box with a Mechanical Singing Bird and Watch (for the Ottoman Market)
Box with a Mechanical Singing Bird and Watch (for the Ottoman Market)
Switzerland, Geneva
1807–1815
Rémond, Jean-George, Jean George Rémond & Cie / Rémond, Lamy, Mercier & Cie; movement by Frères Rochat
Three-colour gold, enamel, silver-set diamonds, feathers, glass, metal movement
2.6 × 9.5 × 6.2 cm
Marks: makers mark; PC3 unofficial 18 ct standard mark; movement makers mark on back plate
As was often the case with jewelled snuffboxes, usually made for presentation, the diamonds on the lid have been replaced by gold rosettes, although those on the front, encircling the watch dial, remain.
2943.1-2MCA133/ДПИ