Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

281 A Victorian singing bird automaton the red and yellow birds amongst wired fabric foliage, the brass circular base moulded in relief with a band of flowerheads between beaded borders, raised on three turned wooden feet, the yellow bird lacking an eye, 26,5cm high R8 000–10 000 282 A Victorian Nicole Frères Grand Format cylinder musical box number indistinct, the 53,5cm cylinder playing twelve airs as engraved on a brass tune sheet, large single-spring ratchet-wind motor, in an ebonised and walnut case, 23cm high, 76cmwide, 27cm deep R40 000–60 000 283 A mahogany pedestal partners’ desk, 19th century the rectangular top inset with a gilt- tooled brown leather writing surface above one long and two short drawers, one pedestal with three graduated drawers, the other with a cupboard enclosing shelf, on a plinth base with porcelain castors, 77,5cm high, 153,5cm wide, 107cm deep R25 000–30 000 281 282 283 114