A rare Gustav Vichy lady at her toilette musical automaton 1870s,

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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

A rare Leopold Lambert reclining lady on chaise longue musical automaton 1880s, with Jumeau bebe bisque head, brown and black glass eyes, closed mouth, pierced ears, original blonde mohair wig on cork

103. RARE FRENCH BISQUE AUTOMATON BY VICHY WITH JUMEAU HEAD. 16". Bisque head lady by Jumeau has brown paperweight eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, closed mouth, pierced ears, original mohair wi

Rare French automaton attributed to Phalibois, consists of an oval-shaped scene with four dancing figures on top, three female and one male in apparently late 18th century attire and wigs. Papier-m&#2

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

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

Rare Coin-Activated Musical Cabaret Dancer Auto­maton by Edouard-Henry Phalibois, c. 1900 Depicting a young woman dancing on a stage, the figure with original paint, brown glass eyes with articulat

A rare Gustave Vichy waltzing couple automaton circa 1870, with French fashionable doll heads, both with blue striated glass eyes, closed mouths, pierced ears and original 18th century style white moh

Late 19th/early 20th century; wind up musical automaton with lady magician having bisque porcelain head and arms, dressed in black lace, and silk outfit with conical hat, head and arms move, cone is l

Rare Musical Photograph Album with Marine Automaton, c. 1890 Retailed by Ami Rivenc, with gilt-tooled leather binding, twelve embossed double-sided pages for carte-de-visite photographs and other siz

270. VICHY LADY ON TRICYCLE | Rare and exceptionally large bisque head lady on cast lead three-wheeled velocipede, wearing original wig and clothing, stamped on side of clock plate, "Germany. Vichy Fi

A RARE FOUNTAIN AUTOMATA AND MUSICAL CLOCK, FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Charles X period, circa 1830, in retail condition.indistinctly signed to the dial Neff a Paris, the clock movement stamped B.P. &

Depicts an old lady holding 2 dogs and a leash to a third, when wound the 2 dogs in her arms stick their tongues in and out, also has clock, made of polychromed metal, marked "Mayer", very good condit

FRENCH BISQUE BRU TYPE FACE AUTOMATON “STROLLING LADY WITH GUITAR” BY VICHY. 21”. Bisque-headed lady with blue paperweight eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, delicately feathered b

Musical Monkey Conjuror Automaton. Paris: Jean Phalibois, ca. 1870s. Mechanical monkey automaton, the figure having a hand-painted paper-mache head, glass eyes, and wire glasses, dressed in wizard’s

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

190. RARE VICHY "PADDY AND THE PIG" | One of the most coveted of automata with incredible complexity and coordination of movements, in fine working order, mostly if not all original; the seated Mache

Rare Japanese Nurse and Baby Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1880 With brown-tinted bisque socket head impressed, closed mouth, fixed brown glass eyes, feathered brows, pierced ears, short black mohair

NO RESERVE Evelyn (Mary) The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, And her Toilette Spread. Together With the Fop-Dictionary, and a rare and incomparable receipt to make pig, or puppidog-water for the face,

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

RARE AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX - Polyphon "Savoyard" Organ with monkey automatons in mirrored enclosure, concealing a disc musical movement, coin operated, rotating arm on back for (optional) organ grinder