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This late 19th century French automaton musical bird sod for £7400 at the Bigwood auction on March 23.
Complete with key and featuring hand-painted porcelain panels of figures in an 18th century parkland, it was in a 19in (49cm) tall gilded cage stamped to the base No 691 and made £7400 at the March 23 sale.