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| Keywords: Singing bird box by Jacob Frisard, ca. 1800.jpg en Swiss split-pearl set and enamelled gold bird box by Jacob Frisard 1753-1812 Geneva circa 1800 Oval case in the form of a basket the base enamelled with a bouquet of peonies and other spring flowers bordered by split-pearls and with split-pearls radiating over a blue guilloché ground opening to form a shallow box the walls similarly decorated with pearls and enamel between reed-and-tie champlevé borders the domed lid likewise decorated and with a plaque depicting fruit with two independent split-pearl set ring handles the interior with a bird seated on a sculpted berried gold spray over painted further fruit and flowers bordered by a sculpted and green enamelled gold wreath of ivy the interior of the lid painted with a lakeside landscape the centre of the rear side with a string with pearl finial when pulled releasing the mechanism of the colourfully plumed bird flapping its wings moving its tail and opening its beak 86 mm wide own Jafd88 2013 Singing Bird Box Gold boxes Cc-zero | ||||
