A clockwork Automaton singing bird in a cage, late 19th or early 20th Century, square section wirework cage with a black and white plumed bird perched on a foliage entwined branch, green velvet base, raised on a gilt gesso plinth floral decorative mouldings and acanthus border base, on peg feet, 48cm high, 25cm wide, 25cm deep, (key)

Provenance: From the collection of Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse, (nee Messel, of Nymans, Sussex, previously Armstrong-Jones) 1902-1992, mother of Lord Snowdon and mother-in-law to HRH Princess Margaret, late resident of Womersley Hall estate, Yorkshire