An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope men with enough scholarship to

men with enough scholarship to give them judgment and enough religion to make them conscientious

which included the German Kaiser in 1895

With a wonderful provenance

As such it is a mixture of different influences and proves unusual

The 18th and 19th centuries saw a massive rebuilding of pubs in reaction to changing tastes and the opening of new establishments to meet new demand in industrial and suburban areas

An Early 20thC German Singing Bird Cage Automaton c.1930 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope men with enough scholarship toOrigin: GermanPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930Height: 11. 5Diameter: 5. 75The two bird singing automaton in good working order, being brass cased with a domed top to hanging ring, the two singing birds chirping for a full two and half minutes on a full wind, the real fathered plumage in yellow black and red black amongst leaves and foliage, the circular base cast with garlands of flowers, the whole being raised on three short turned