Groupe de huit oiseaux en argent (un en métal doré), Allemagne, XXème siècle

comprenant quatre coqs de bruyère, deux colombes (une en métal doré) et deux cailles  

four capercailles: -1 on branches - silver - stamped on tail: 800, moon crescent, royal crown and maker's mark - the other on branches - apparently unmarked - another with red glass eyes -apparently unmarked - mobile wings forming salt cellar inside pierced cover - the biggest one - detachable head apparently unmarked 2 doves: - one, parcel-gilt - stamped Neresheimer, 13 and fake Paris mark under the tail and on the head rim - the other one - detachable head (but difficult to detach) - mobile wings - red glass eyes - apparently un marked 2 quails: - the bigger one - silver-gilt -detachable head - mobile wings- one eye missing -stamped 13 on head rim and under each wing - the smallest one - head pierced forming salt cellar - detachable head (difficult to detach), stamped Neresheimer, another mark and import mark on tail
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