Musical Automaton Acrobatic Clown on Ladder

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

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

19th Century Musical Automaton with Clowns Wood, cloth dolls with bisque heads. 12 x 11 1/2 x 7 in.

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

A most elaborate automation involving ten various movements. The clown figure standing upon a wooden carpet draped box performs acrobatic feats that in reality would be virtually impossible. These ear

Likely Leopold Lambert, c. 1895. Clown doll with bisque head, brown glass paperweight eyes, mouth slightly open. Card suit decoration on face, and rough brillo wire hair. Hinged legs and composition h

1900, FRANCE: French automata of a clown attributed to Roullet & Decamps. Period dress, composite construction with glass eyes. Music box playing one tune, motion includes head turning and both arms p

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

132. 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 sta

Musical Butterfly Catcher Clown Doll Automaton. German, ca. early 20th century. Key-wind mechanical automaton, depicting a child in clown or harlequin costume, with bisque head, fixed glass eyes, hand

Very charming Musical Clowns Playing Instruments with Monkey Riding A Dog Crank Automaton. All original and in wonderful condition. Spin the cranks and music plays, clown move and monkey rides the dog

Circa 1950s Automated Beer Merchanising Display, depicting a papier mache acrobatic clown balancing on one finger atop a six pack while holding bottles, cans and mugs; the six pack is mounted on a cus

German music box. There is a whimsical clown seated on wooden bench, with baton in one hand a music sheet in the other, directing a seated wool-covered sheep wearing glasses and collar, with a music s

German Musical Clown and Donkey Mechanical Automaton. Germany: Zinner & Sohne, ca. 1880s. Hand-cranked automaton depicting a clown, with hand-painted bisque face and glass eyes and a fleece-covered do

Circa late 20th Century, this wonderful piece was inspired by the work of Roullet et Decamps and Lambert. The clown acrobat rises slowly from standing position with both hands on the swaying ladder. A

Musical "Zilotone" Toy by Wolverine Supply & Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh, PA, with lithographed tin automaton figure of a clown playing the xylophone and clockwork disc mechanism causing him to rotate on his

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

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-

Late 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 dia

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

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)

Chinese 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 numera

Musical 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 on