Sold2016Victorian musical automaton, a girl violinist doll withVictorian musical automaton, a girl violinist doll with bisque head and hands, on plinth base with canopy, including possibly later additions, 83cm x 42cmSee Sold Price
Sold2020LEOPOLD LAMBERT MUSICAL AUTOMATON CYMBAL PLAYER1403. LEOPOLD LAMBERT MUSICAL AUTOMATON CYMBAL PLAYER | Standing figure dressed as "Polichinelle," has bisque open mouth, head incised "S&H 1300-6," wearing original mohair curly wig and having bisqueSee Sold Price
Sold2015All Original French Musical Automaton.14" figure on a 4" velvet covered box. With a flange neck bisque head stamped on back in red "Tete Jumeau Bte S.G.D.G.4" with closed mouth, blue glass eyes, and pierced earlobes. The standing figure hSee Sold Price
Sold2023BOY & SINGING GOOSE MUSICAL AUTOMATON132. BOY & SINGING GOOSE MUSICAL AUTOMATON | France, depicts a clown suited French bisque head boy who moves arm and head about like conductor while attempting to conduct a standing goose by music staSee Sold Price
Sold201623" Lambert Boy Musical Instrument AutomatonA classic French automaton from the late 19th or earlier 20th century depicting a male child dressed in typical French style with a dunce hat. This youth is standing on a velvet covered base that contSee Sold Price
Sold2016Contemporary Musical Magician Automaton by Zdenka,Contemporary Musical Magician Automaton by Zdenka, Switzerland With bisque head, glass eyes and mohair wig, standing with wand and box behind a circular table, on velvet-covered base containing singleSee Sold Price
Sold2023Musical Trio Automaton by Clair de Rêve, 1995Musical Trio Automaton by Clair de Rêve, 1995 Paris, depicting a harpist, pianist and violinist with sculpted heads and textured papier-maché hair, on painted wood base with single-air cylinSee Sold Price
Sold2019Large Vichy Banjo Player Automaton.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 lidsSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, C. 1870 Approximate Dimensions : 48cm*40cmSee Sold Price
Sold2015"Saint Francis" Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1850Saint 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 movementsSee Sold Price
Sold2016Peasant and Pig Musical Automaton by Vichy, c. 1900Peasant 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-See Sold Price
Sold2018A Georgian musical automaton bracket clock, John TaylorLate 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 diaSee Sold Price
Sold2020EXCEPTIONAL GUSTAV VICHY MUSICAL AUTOMATON "PAYSAN ETHighly 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 vSee Sold Price
Sold2016Gilt Architectural Musical Automaton Clock, c. 1870Gilt 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)See Sold Price
Sold2017Exceptional Large Chinese Musical Automaton Table ClockChinese 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 numeraSee Sold Price
Sold2016Clown Magician Musical Automaton. Paris: LeopoldClown 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 cuSee Sold Price
Sold2017Musical Automaton Picture Clock of an Italian VillageMusical 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 onSee Sold Price
Sold2020PHALIBOIS PERFORMING CLOWNS MUSICAL AUTOMATON1404. 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 twSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gustave Vichy Banjo Player Musical AutomatonGustave 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 torsSee Sold Price
Sold2022Leopold Lambert & Jumeau "Chinoise Verseuse" Musical AutomatonLeopold 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 mohSee Sold Price
Sold2022SWISS MUSICAL AUTOMATON STATION BOX.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 alSee Sold Price
Sold2017PERFORMING CLOWN MUSICAL AUTOMATONVery 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 performSee Sold Price
Sold2018Musical automaton of a Magician, moving headsMusical automaton of a Magician, when wound up his fan lifts his head appears once in the barrel and another time in a crate.Overall height 24 inches. Length 14 inches. Depth 11 inches.See Sold Price
Sold2022SWISS MADE "PIERROT ECRIVAIN" MUSICAL AUTOMATON.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 lampSee Sold Price
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