RARE Gustave Vichy Monkey Harpist Automaton, works

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

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

the automaton figure has a cylinder music box that works when cranked. Marked N. Freres on t he musical movement. No clothes on the monkey

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

Late 19th century, rare monkey automaton playing the violin attributed to Jean Phalibois circa 1875, displayed in its own salon with curtains and fireplace furniture, when wound the monkey moves his h

Gustave Vichy (French, 1839-1904) Banjo Player Automaton circa 1895 signed with metal tag papier-mâché figure with glass eyes 19 x 16 x 10 inches

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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Wonderful smoking fur covered monkey automaton, painted composition and wood; internal clockwork mechanism creates smoking action as he lowers head and lifts wood cigarette holder to opening mouth whi

"Catalan Dancer" Automaton Working Model by Gustave Vichy from Atracciones Apolo, c. 1880 and later Depicting a dancer in a rocky Catalan landscape, a monastery on the crest of a hill and traditional

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

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

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

Werner Tschudin Copy of Vichy & Triboulet “Buffet Magique” Automaton. An excellent W. Tschudin copy of a Gustave Vichy (1839-1904, Paris) & Auguste Triboulet (1865-1920) “Buffet Magi

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

Great looking cast iron pull toy. Works well. Monkey raise arm and smashes the log and rings the bell as toy is pulled forward. Still has original paint. | 5.25" tall x 6.25" long RARE!

RARE German tin windup Funny Geese Ride Truck. Wonderful looking toy with great colors and graphics. Has cardboard Goose and Monkey diecut figures. Windup works. A very unusual and beautiful toy! Has

1859 Works of Francois Rabelais Illustrated Gustave Dore Gargantua Pantagruel “Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you.I'd rather write about laughing than crying,For laughter makes men human, and c

1873 Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Gustave DORE Art Illustrations Quijote “One of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times.” – Printing and the Mind of Man, o

1884 Don Quixote de la Mancha Cervantes Jarvis English Gustave Dore ART Miguel de Cervantes’s ‘Don Quixote’ is one of the most famous works of literature and is one of the most popular adventure

This beautiful hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte. The work was published in Belin by Pauli between 1771 and 1774. Buffon's work became

1801 1ed Virey Natural History of Man Monkeys pre-Darwin EVOLUTION Illustrated Julien-Joseph Virey was an early 19th-century French anthropologist known for his work of natural history Natural History

A Super Rare toy, in Original Condition, a little moth eaten, but never restored or altered, Works Great, 24.5cm tall

Japan, Masudaya. Rare toy works when wound, native rocks back and forth while monkey climbs up and down the tree, near mint, 12-1/2".Condition: Dimensions: 13" x 3".