Items with musical mechanism and automaton

Snuffbox with singing bird

    Snuffbox with singing bird

    Switzerland, Geneva

    1801–1804

    Rémond, Jean-George, Rémond, Lamy & Co. (case), Jacob Frisard (movement)

    Enamel, steel, brass, painted bird feathers, gold, pearls; mechanical work, engraving, engine turning (guilloché), translucent enamel over guilloché, painted enamel, champlevé enamel

    W. 8.8 cm

    Two marks inside the tobacco compartment: “RL&C”

    5970.1-3PCA204/ДПИ