BONTEMS SINGING BIRD IN FLOWERPOT MUSIC BOX. The Bontems family, of France, began producing decorative mechanical singing birds, starting with Blaise Bontems in the 1840’s, and growing into a large family enterprise headquartered in Paris. Besides singing bird boxes and cages, Bontems produced other fanciful adaptations, such as pistols and glass-domed trees with animated birds singing in the branches and seemingly flying too and fro. All of these were meant to decorate the exquisite homes of their wealthy clientele. Which brings us to this fabulous item, a “Singing Bird in Flowerpot” (oiseau chanteur sur cache-pot’). We refer you to the full-page display on page 300 of the “Bible” of this subject, Christian Bailly’s “Flights of Fancy”. As you can see, the “flower pot” is a fine Sevres porcelain vase, inside of which the mechanism is concealed. The bird itself sits on a perch atop the display of silk flowers. Take a look, and listen. You will be hard pressed to find a nicer example anywhere; to begin with these are very desirable and rarely come up for sale, especially in this condition. We acquired it from the personal collection of our restorer, who kept it until until his passing last year. We are a leading world-wide dealer and specialist in mechanical music, clocks and phonographs and stand by what we sell 100%. Musical Treasures of Miami. 2940 West Lake Vista Circle, Davie, FL 33328. Antique Music Boxes – Clocks – Phonographs. The item “C. 1880 BONTEMS SINGING BIRD IN FLOWERPOT MUSIC BOX” is in sale since Thursday, August 27, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Music Boxes\Pre-1900″. The seller is “musicaltreasuresofmiami” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.