Rare Shoemaker Automaton H. Carter Bowles - double key wind mechanism, paper label is marked "Carter Bowles, Watch, Clock and Scientific Instrument Maker", seated shoemaker animatedly brushing tall boot, nodding head wearing fen, covered in felt apron, plaid cotton shirt, and ribbed corduroy pants, wearing leather slippers, real eyelashes, opens and shuts his glass eyes, paper mache head and arms, sitting on wooded 3-legged stool, green fabric covered base, music box working and playing beautiful music, working mechanical action. Two keys and on and off switch. It is 19" H x 13" D x 8" W.

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