Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird art school painting This is a wonderful set

This is a wonderful set of 9 vintage Burmese lacquer coasters with very fine incised decoration

In great condition

perhaps to rub occasionally for good luck

dark wood frame

first a couple pf bulbs

Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird art school painting This is a wonderful setI had two of these previously, which quickly sold, and was happy to find another, as I think these are amazing. I think this was most likely part of a singing bird cage or cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger the wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! One could just stick it in a little vase or small planter, to hover over a succulent, say. It's a fairly