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Bird - Lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro - 1980
By Aldo Turchiaro
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro, realized in 1980.
Hand-signed on the lower right
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$263 Sale Price
25% Off
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Bird - Lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro - 1980
By Aldo Turchiaro
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro, realized in 1980.
Hand-signed on the lower right
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$263 Sale Price
25% Off
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Bird - Original Lithograph on Paper by Aldo Turchiaro - 1980
By Aldo Turchiaro
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro in 1980.
hand-signed on the lower right
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$263 Sale Price
25% Off
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Vintage Inlay Carved Wood Cigarette Box Holder Dispenser with Ashtray and Mechan
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage wooden cigarette box, cigarette holder, and ashtray with mechanical bird. simply push down
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood
$379 Sale Price
30% Off
H 4 in W 4 in D 7 in
Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional singing bird cylinder music box is a wonder of Austrian mechanical ingenuity. Not
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Other Musical Instruments
Materials
Satinwood
Surreal Collage: 'Six Feet Apart, Six Feet Under'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Surreal Collage: 'Happy Valley'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Surreal Collage: 'Irvington Park'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor, Graphite
Surreal Collage: 'Prototypes #3'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic, Pencil
Surreal Collage: 'Dem Bones'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Surreal Collage: 'The Definition of Insanity'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil, Graphite
Surreal Collage: 'Willful Blindness'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
feature whimsical or fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Found Objects, Watercolor
Old Japanese Anonymous Handicraft Mechanical Wooden Toy Flying Bird with wheel
Located in Chiba, JP
Old Japanese mechanical toy as amateur wooden handicraft from Showa period, 20th century. When
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Wood
$300
H 7.49 in W 10.83 in D 7.09 in
Reg Butler Abstract Figurative Signed "Manipulator"
By Reg Butler
Located in Detroit, MI
mechanical toy that resembles a bird.
Butler trained as an architect and worked as a blacksmith before
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
Jacaranda, contemporary, sculpture, kinetic, metal
By Jim Jenkins
Located in Santa Monica, CA
features seven mechanical birds on branches. The branches shake as the mechanical birds flap their wings at
Category
Early 2000s Kinetic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Elegant Music Box with Singing Bird by Reuge, Mechanical Mouvement
Located in London, GB
a mechanical mouvement with a bird coming out of the top with music. The format is H: 11 cm, L: 12
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Stainless Steel
$10,811
H 4.34 in W 3.94 in D 4.73 in
Incredibly Rare & Exquisite Singing Bird Box Inspired by Charles Bruguier
Located in London, GB
T. Mayson, Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatieres, 2001/ ISBN: 978-0709063032
Cf.:Sharon and Christian
Category
Antique 1870s Swiss Romantic Boxes and Cases
Materials
Gold, Silver
$50,801
H 2 in W 3 in D 2 in Dm 4 in L 4.5 in
Signed Fred Brouard Abstract Gilt Bronze Dining Table Base
By Fred Brouard
Located in New York, NY
prepares a former personal position on the topic of "mechanical birds", which takes place at the Galerie de
Category
Vintage 1970s French Dining Room Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Singing Mechanical Bird in Cage
Located in Pembroke, MA
Singing mechanical bird in cage. Giltwood base with neoclassical decoration, brass cage. When
Category
Antique 19th Century German Bird Cages
Materials
Wood, Feathers
The Mechanical Bird - Original Lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro - 1970s
By Aldo Turchiaro
Located in Roma, IT
The mechanical bird is an original artwork realized by Aldo Turchiaro in the 1970s.
Mixed colored
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$262
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Whimsical Mechanical Bird Cigarette Box Holder Inlay Mix Woods
Located in San Diego, CA
Art Deco inlay mix woods bird cigarette box holder, dispenser great and unique piece in working
Category
20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood
The Mechanical Bird - Original Lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro - 1980
By Aldo Turchiaro
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered.
Edition of 125 prints plus 25 prints in Roman Numerals.
Very good conditions.
Category
1980s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Antique Figural Polychromed Cast Iron Mechanical Bird Bank Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique figural bank offers polychromed cast iron construction with mother bird feeding her nest
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
$960
H 5.5 in W 4.75 in D 8.25 in
Vintage European Mechanical Singing Bird in Brass Cage
Located in Dallas, TX
Turn of the century French (or German) bird cage with singing bird in great condition (circa 1920)
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Bird Cages
Antique Bontems Mechanical Singing Birds Cage Automaton Musical Box
By Bontems
Located in Austin, TX
This is a large mechanical singing birds cage automaton by famous French automaton maker Bontems
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Belle Époque Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bird Cage Music Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
A mechanical bird sings in its gilded cage in this exceptionally rare French automaton. Combining
Category
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Coin-Operated Singing Bird Cage Automaton
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hand-feathered in brilliant yellow and red is the diminutive mechanical bird inside its gilded cage
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Other Decorative Boxes
Mandolin Singing Bird Automaton Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional singing bird cylinder music box is a wonder of Austrian mechanical ingenuity. Not
Category
Antique 19th Century European Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Silver Double Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of the rarest examples of a mechanical bird box ever seen, this extraordinary box features not
Category
Antique 19th Century American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Double Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of the rarest examples of a mechanical bird box, this extraordinary box features not one, but
Category
20th Century Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Swiss Mechanical Automaton Bird Box Music Box
Located in Chicago, IL
measures 4 X 2 1/2 X 1 3/4 inches. Mechanical spring wind movement that operates a Feathered covered Bird
Category
Vintage 1930s Swiss More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gilt Metal
Surreal Sculpture: 'Clock Shop'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Surreal Sculpture: 'Lazy Boy'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
Surreal Sculpture: 'Slow Walker'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Found Objects, Acrylic
Surreal Sculpture: 'Out of Line'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric, Found Objects
Surreal Collage: 'Planetary Machines '
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Early 20th Century Mechanical Wind Up French Singing Bird Cage Automaton
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
animated manually feathered singing birds, one raised on a leafy perch, the other on the floor of the cage
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Dankner Vintage Large Yellow Gold Mechanical Charm
By Henry Dankner & Sons
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1960s Henry Dankner 14k Yellow Gold mechanical Love Birds Charm, measuring 1 1/4 inches in
Category
Vintage 1960s American Pendant Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920 René Lalique Pigeons Clock Grey-Blue Stained Glass Mechanical Movement
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
original mechanical movement. Design of birds. Extremely rare model which was not commercialized
Category
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Glass
$3,986
H 5.91 in Dm 5.32 in L 5.91 in
Singing Bird ca 1950
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful mechanical singing bird. Probably French, made after the 2nd world war.
the assembly is
Category
20th Century French Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other
Jade and Silver Singing Bird Box Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
artistic beauty with mechanical ingenuity, featuring a clock, a singing bird box and a delicate sculpture
Category
20th Century Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Jade, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Fusée Singing Bird Box by Charles Bruguier
Located in New Orleans, LA
exquisite artistry with outstanding mechanical craftsmanship. The earliest bird boxes were fusée, or chain
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1931 René Lalique Roitelets Clock Clear Glass Enamel Dial Omega Movement Birds
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
, working original mechanical Omega movement. Design of birds.
Stamped "R.LALIQUE" signature on signed
Category
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Glass
$8,089
H 7.88 in Dm 7.09 in
Mechanical Bird Singing Box Reuge
By Reuge Ste-Croix
Located in Newark, England
Fine contemporary mechanical bird singing box by Reuge. The box beautifully crafted with an engine
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
The Mechanical Bird - Original Lithograph by Aldo Turchiaro - 1980
By Aldo Turchiaro
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered.
Edition of 125 prints plus 25 prints in Roman Numerals. One of the 25 prints in roman numerals, numbered and hand signed.
Very good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$106
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Late 19th Century French Automation Singing Birds in giltwood and brass cage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Two feathered mechanical birds in great working condition. Both birds sing,
move their peaks and
Category
Antique 1890s Swiss Neoclassical Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
$1,800
H 20 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
19th C. Triple Singing Automaton Singing Birds Gilt Mechanical Antiques Birdcage
Located in West Hollywood, CA
brilliant colors mechanical birds inside their gilded cage. This delightful and rare collector singing bird
Category
Antique 19th Century European Bird Cages
Materials
Bronze
$11,840
H 22 in Dm 13 in
Vintage Mechanical Singing Bird in a Brass Cage, circa 1940s
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage working automaton of a singing bird in a brass cage with etched detail, Germany, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
Vintage Silver-Gilt Bow Front Form Singing Bird Box by Karl Griesbaum
Located in London, GB
1930 in Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatiéres, G. T. Mayson, p.158 (second image down from top-left
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bird Cages
Materials
Silver
Jordi Pla Domenech Large Abstract Cubist Oil Painting, Signed
By Jordi Pla Domènech
Located in Miami, FL
lower left and titled "El Pajaro Mecanico" which translates toThe Mechanical Bird. The canvas is notated
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Surreal Sculpture: 'The Loop'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
fantastical creatures and scenes, such as a mechanical bird with flying machines, humans or parts of humans
Category
2010s Surrealist Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Mechanical Bird and Nude
By Mahlon Blaine
Located in Minneapolis, MN
horrific industry of the machine age.
In this work, a mechanical bird menaces the Medusa-inspired nude
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Abstract Gilded Bronze Dining Table Base by Fred Brouard
Located in New York, NY
year at the Atlantis Gallery and prepares a former personal position on the topic of "mechanical birds
Category
20th Century French Dining Room Tables
Singing Bird Cage Automaton by Hasu Germany, Mid-20th Century
Located in Retie, BE
Mechanical birdcage with two singing birds inside.
This automaton has a red and yellow singing bird
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bird Cages
Materials
Brass
Karl Griesbaum, German Singing Bird Automaton
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
1920s German singing bird automaton by Karl Griesbaum. Makers marks stamped on base. Mechanical
Category
Early 20th Century German Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
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There is a range of mechanical birds for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct mechanical birds — often made from brass, metal and wood — can elevate any home. Mechanical birds have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Mechanical birds bearing Art Deco or Art Nouveau hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made mechanical birds over the years, but those made by Bontems are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Mechanical Birds?
Mechanical birds can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,700, while the lowest priced sells for $247 and the highest can go for as much as $6,500.
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