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Creator: Bontems
Singing Bird Cage with 2 birds by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare and very decorative singing bird automaton. Made in de 4th quarter of the 19th century by Bontems in Paris (France). This singing bird cage has a brass gilded base to conseal ...
Category

Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Gold Plate

Clock with Singing Bird Automaton by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very beautiful and rare clock with bird automaton. Made by Bontems at the end of 19th century in Paris. This French pendulum clock runs for 8 days, strikes the half hour and full ho...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Enamel, Gold Plate

Singing Bird Cage by Bontems with 2 birds
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare and very decorative singing bird automaton. Made in de 4th quarter of the 19th century by Bontems in Paris (France). This top quality singing bird has a wooden gilded base to ...
Category

Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Gold Plate

Singing Bird Cage by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare and very decorative singing bird automaton. Made in de 4th quarter of the 19th century by Bontems in Paris (France). This top quality singing bird has a wooden gilded base to ...
Category

Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Gold Plate

Automaton singing bird by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Unique flower pot with singing bird automaton made by Bontems in the last quarter of the 19th century. Bontems was a manufacturer of bird automatons in Paris. He produced decent num...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Other, Gold Plate

Gilt Bronze, Pearl and Enamel Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1890
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A stunning gilt bronze and seed pearl singing bird box by Bontems of Paris - CIRCA 1890. The bird rises from beneath the enamal oval lid and is sure to delight!
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
Category

Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Silver

Clock from the Brussels school (1927)
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very beautiful and rare clock from the Brussels school "Ecole Professionelle de mechanique de présision et d'électricité" This pendulum clock runs for 8 days and is beautifully made...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate, Enamel, Other

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Previously Available Items
Clock from the Brussels school (1927)
By Bontems
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Very beautiful and rare clock from the Brussels school "Ecole Professionelle de mechanique de présision et d'électricité" This pendulum clock runs for 8 days and is beautifully made...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

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Metal, Gold Plate, Enamel, Other

Clock from the Brussels school (1927)
Clock from the Brussels school (1927)
H 19.3 in W 9.06 in D 6.7 in
Singing Bird Cage with 3 birds by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare and very decorative singing bird automaton. Made in de 4th quarter of the 19th century by Bontems in Paris (France). This singing bird cage has a wooden gilded base to conseal...
Category

Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate, Other

Clock with Singing Bird Automaton and Musical Mechanism by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very rare, one of a kind, clock made by Bontems in France at the end of the 19th century. It is an absolute Top-piece for Bontems because : 1. The luxurious case, 2. The rare esca...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Bontems Boxes

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Metal, Gold Plate, Other, Enamel

Singing Bird Box by Bontems with Automatic Drawer
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Brass guilded singing bird by A. Bontems made in Paris. The singing bird, probably made at the end of the Bontems era. The case is finely decorated to all sides very sober but styll...
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Bontems boxes for sale on 1stDibs.

Bontems boxes are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Bontems boxes, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original boxes by Bontems were created in the Victorian style in france during the 19th century. Prices for Bontems boxes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $10,926 and can go as high as $94,498, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $17,201.

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