Claude the Clown Musical Automaton by Gustave Vichy, c. 1890

"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

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-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Musical Automaton Picture of a Feline Dancing Lesson, c. 1890 Germany, chromolithographed paper-on-card scene with four articulated cats - a tabby dancing master and his three kitten students, with si

"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

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

Paris France. C. 1890 to 1900. Just in time for the lunar new year of the rabbit, here is a Roullet & Decamps rarity. Underneath and within it is completely original: clockwork motor, 1 tune musical m

Very impressive early performing musical automaton, clown is situated on top of ladder, key hole and start-stop rod appears at rear of cloth covered base, when activated, music plays and clown perform

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

1401. ROULLET & DECAMPS BALLERINA MUSICAL AUTOMATON | 1890'S era with twirling dancer, lifts left leg, tilts side to side at waist, blinks eyes, costume original but silk melting, base covered in gree

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)

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 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

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

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