EXCEPTIONAL GUSTAV VICHY MUSICAL AUTOMATON "PAYSAN ET

Highly desirable automaton, sometimes referred to by English-speaking people as "Paddy and the Pig". The peasant is elaborately dressed with teal silk waist jacket, yellow silk brocade vest, striped v

Chinese export inlaid double fusee bracket clock, having a shell carved crest, above the mother of pearl marquetry decorated case having ornate foliate banding centering the automaton and Roman numera

Gustave Vichy(French, 1839-1904)Banjo Player Musical Automatoncirca 1895signed with metal tagpaper mache head and hands, brown glass eyes with articulated leather eyelids, wiry black hair, carton tors

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Espagnole Musical Automaton by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1900 With unsigned Jumeau bisque head incised "E", closed mouth, fixed brown paperweight eyes, pierced ears, original long mohair wig, bisque hand

Large, Exceptional Jean-Pierre Camus, Musical Automaton. ‘Acrobats’ Clockwork Mechanism with Music Box, acrobats moulded & carved by hand. All figures are dressed in period costumes. Reuge ? marke

Musical Automaton by Roullet et Decamps for Restoration, c. 1900 Depicting a musician, with unmarked French bisque head, open mouth, bright-blue glass eyes, metal hands and going-barrel movement playi

"Espagnole" (Spanish Lady) Musical Automaton by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1900 With bisque head incised "A.D. Bouchet", open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, dressed black mohair wig decorated with flowers

Peasant and Pig Musical Automaton by Vichy, c. 1900 Depicting a young man perched on the back of a rush-seated chair and resting a piglet on his knee as though it were a baby, with expressive plaster-

Gustav Vichy, The Happy Drunkard, automaton, France, circa 1890, 13''w x 12''d x 22.5''h

In working condition, legs, arms and head move. Wearing what appears to be original clothes and hair, and having glass eyes. Condition note, re-painted eyebrows, paint loss to face and head, some crac

1975, SWISS: Patterned and inspired by the 19th century work of Vichy, this Swiss example of Pierrot Ecrivain finds him once again at is writing table, finishing his composition and adjusting his lamp

Musical Automaton 'Elégante aux Fleures' by Gustave Vichy, ca. 1895 With plaster-composition head, brown paperweight eyes with articulated lids, dressed hair wig, shapely papier-mâché body with sle

A Black gentleman of distinction standing on a base strumming his banjo all while a musical tune plyas.his instrument. The actions include him strumming, his lower jaw openind & closing, his eyes lids

Girl doll riding a donkey with a windmill. A doll is also sticking its head out of the side of the windmill. Containing a musical movement. In distressed condition and in need of restoration. Conditio

Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870 Approximate Dimensions : 48cm*40cm

Saint Francis Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1850 France, depicting a praying figure with carved and painted wood head, glass eyes, articulated jaw, torso with brass bedplate carrying multiple movements

Late 18th/early 19th century Dial signed: John Taylor / London The ebonized bell top case with a glazed hinged door enclosing a face hand-painted with figures and mountainous landscapes, the brass dia

Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1870 France, with two-train movement stamped "Baullier & Fils, Paris, 701", striking hours and halves on bell, silk-thread suspension, 1 ½-inch (3,8 cm)

Clown Magician Musical Automaton. Paris: Leopold Lambert, ca. 1900s. As the music box plays, the magician, sticking his tongue in and out and nodding his head, raises his wand, taps the side of the cu

Musical Automaton Picture Clock of an Italian Village by Xavier Tharin, c. 1870 Paris, hand-colored lithograph depicting a harbor scene with abbey, fountain, ships on three planes and a watchtower on

1404. PHALIBOIS PERFORMING CLOWNS MUSICAL AUTOMATON | Colorful clowns under a glass dome with backdrop in pink satin with mirrors, one balancing a sword, bottle and dish, trying to balance all; one tw

Leopold Lambert (French, 1854-1935)Pierre-Francois Jumeau (French, 1811-1895)"Chinoise Verseuse" Musical Automatoncirca 1890bisque head and forearms, brown glass eyes, carton torso and legs, black moh

This is a fantastic Swiss-made station box, with a 13" cylinder playing six tunes and with six dancers. All contained in a walnut constructed cabinet with inlaid pinstriping. CONDITION: Six dancers al