Lot 0043

Lute Player Automaton. French [?], ca. 1890. Full-body

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Lute Player Automaton. French [?], ca. 1890. Full-body

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Lute Player Automaton. French [?], ca. 1890. Full-body figure seated on a fabric-covered platform strums a lute and nods his head from side to side as an internal music box plays. 12 x 7 x 15”. Cosmetically in poor condition, with costume, fingers, and head distressed and tattered, but mechanically sound. Sold as-is.

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Lute Player Automaton. French [?], ca. 1890. Full-body

Name: Lute Player Automaton. French [?], ca. 1890. Full-body
SKU: 42385664
Price: -1 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $3,000 - $4,000

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