AUTOMATED BIRD, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY By Blaise Bontems Naturalized songbird perched atop a rubber Ficus plant, in an Old Paris planter; one foot of the planter glued back; three-position control: on, off and intermittent operation. Bontems mark inscribed in the mechanism plate D. (pot cover): 21 cm (8 ¼ in.) H. (total): 60 cm (23 ½ in.) An automaton bird, by Blaise Bontems second half of the 19th century *Information for buyers: If you are leaving the EU, you may need to obtain a CITES re-export certificate, which is the responsibility of the future buyer. *Information to the buyers : For an exit from the EU, a CITES re-export certificate will be necessary, at the buyer's expense.