Rare "Magic Theatre" Musical Automaton by Renou, c

Magic Theatre Automaton. Los Angeles, Alan Wakeling, ca. 2000. Fine modern recreation of the famous and rare Magic Theatre automaton designed and built by Renou in the Victorian age. As the music box

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

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

"Marquis" Musical Automaton, c. 1890 Possibly Louis Renou, with unsigned Gaultier bisque head stamped "2", closed mouth, fixed blue-grey glass eyes, pierced ears, original fleecy mohair wig (not remo

Girl with Diabolo Musical Automaton, c. 1910 Possibly by Rambour, with German bisque head incised "15/0", fixed black glass eyes, brown mohair wig (not removed for inspection), bisque hands holding a

Lady with Parasol Musical Automaton, c. 1930s With German bisque shoulder-head, open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, mohair wig and velvet and cotton costume trimmed with lace, an embroidery hoop in one

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

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)

Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1875 Probably Xavier Tharin, with two-train movement no. 258, striking hours and halves on bell, silk-thread suspension, 3¾-inch (9 cm) enameled Roman dial in gilt bez

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

Musical Seascape Automaton, c. 1890 Painted papier-mâché and card scene depicting an estuary with three-masted ship, houses and windmill, pull-string cylinder musical movement, no. 94823, playing t

Mother Cat Musical Manivelle Automaton, c. 1900 Probably by Gottlieb Zinner und Söhne, Schalkau. Depicting fur-covered cat rocking her kitten in a painted wood cradle, both cats with glass eyes, the

Musical Marquis Automaton, c. 1910 Possibly by Rambour, with German bisque head, open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes, original mohair wig (not removed for inspection), bisque hands, the left holding a r

Musical Polichinelle Automaton, c. 1910 Possibly by Rambour, with German bisque head incised "15/0", open mouth, fixed black glass eyes, original mohair wig (not removed for inspection), bisque hands,

Musical Seascape Automaton, c. 1890 Painted papier-mâché and card scene depicting a fortress, windmill and an estuary with three-masted ship, on ebonized base containing two-air pull-string cylinde

4 Small and Rare Magic Lanterns, c. 1905 1) The smallest combination of magic lantern and movie projector for 35mm endless film and lantern slides sized 2,5 cm, height 8 ¾ in., with petrol lamp. –

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-

"Bouquetière Surprise" Musical Automaton by Lambert, c. 1920 With Simon & Halbig mould 1159 bisque head, open mouth, fixed blue glass eyes with mohair lashes, original dramatic eye shadow, pierced ea

Musical Manivelle Automaton Carousel, c. 1890 Germany, with three boys on horses and three girls in chariots, decorated with wood ball finials on red wire stems, velvet ribbon and silk trim, the rider

Group of Rare Musical Box Discs, c. 1900 4 x Regina 27 in.; 5 x Symphonion 27 ½ in.; 3 x Symphonion 25 ¼ in.; 12 x Symphonion 21 ¼ in.; 2 x Lochmann 26 in.; 5 x Phoenix 20 ½ in.; and 12 furth

M. Philippart Époque Empire 1809 dancing musical automaton, late 19th c., with a picture frame molding, 7'' h., 6 1/2'' w.

Very Rare Magic Lantern by Rose, c. 1830 Johann Friedrich Rose, Nürnberg. Tinplate toy lantern for wood-mounted lantern slides with height approx. 3 ½ in. (9 cm), picture diameter approx. 2 ¼ in.

2 Musical Automata by Karl Griesbaum, c. 1960 Triberg, Black Forest, Germany. 1) Singing bird in cage automaton, with going-barrel movement, bellows, whistle and single bird with moving head, beak and