France, a late 19th century singing bird cage automaton, the bright and matte gilt base with canted corners and applied floral and foliate ornament, the conforming brass cage with ball finial and hanging ring, and containing three colorful birds, one perched on a rose bush, one on a rock, and the last on the ground next to a mirror representing a small pool, the base concealing a brass going barrel movement with bellows, the figures chirping, moving their heads, beaks and tails when activated