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2-inch enamel dial with regulation sector and signed Courvoisier & Compe, No.359, the fusee timepiece movement with verge?and balance escapement and housed within the?mahogany oval plinth,?triggering at the hour a cylinder musical movement also?contained within the plinth and?playing one of two tunes, the octagonal bird cage mounted on the plinth and housing two feathered birds which, at the end of the tune or at will, sing, open their beaks, flap their wings, turn to each other and?seemingly jump between perches accompanied, at the rear,?by a?series of revolving glass rods simulating a waterfall, the fusee automaton movement contained within the base of the cage and consisting of a complex cam controlling piston whistles and the movements of the birds, the domed cage with?panels of finely pierced and engraved foliate scrolls, the matted base decorated with stylised flowers, the timepiece, musical and automaton movements all wound through the plinth, the right side with three controls with inscribed brass plate for Silence, Musique and Autre/Même, on brass bun feet37.55cm. 14?in. high