Sold2022VERY UNUSUAL "FOLK ARTISH" CERAMIC MUSICAL AUTOMATON.1920, HOLLAND: A very unusual piece of music automata constructed from fired clay and painted into a motif of a women, with individually constructed figures, which are all extensions of the organ pipeSee Sold Price
Sold2020Unusual Musical Manivelle Musicians and AcrobatUnusual Musical Manivelle Musicians and Acrobat Automaton, c. 1920 Maker unknown. Three figures with bisque heads, glass eyes, wigs (not removed for inspection) and carved wood and composition lower-lSee Sold Price
Sold201620th C Appalachian Folk InstrumentItem: Appalachian musical folk instrument with unusual cutouts Date: Early 20th century Origin: Appalachian region Materials: Wood with old leather repair Dimensions: 28 x 5.75 x 2.75 inches Please noSee Sold Price
Sold2022Burgess Dulaney Ceramic Mud Sculpture Face Folk ArtAn unusual and whimsical ceramic mud sculpture of a face with a slight smile. Dimensions: 9.75"h x 9.25"w x 5". In very good condition. Dulaney experimented with fashioning some pieces from cement butSee Sold Price
Sold2022Marvin Bailey (American, b.1961) Southern Folk Art Pottery Eyeballs JugMarvin Bailey (American, born 1961). South Carolina southern folk art pottery jug. Hand crafted ceramic jug, with unusual design, featuring a profusion of eye forms encircling exterior. A single handlSee Sold Price
Sold2022Marvin Bailey (American, b.1961) Pair of Southern Folk Art Pottery JugsMarvin Bailey (American, born 1961). Pair of South Carolina southern folk art pottery jugs. Hand crafted ceramic jugs, with unusual matching expressions, each holding a face jug inside mouth, with a sSee Sold Price
Sold2017David James Gilhooly. Large Covered Bowl With 3-DDavid James Gilhooly (1943-2013). Large Covered Bowl With 3-D Mountain Scene. c. 1970's. Signed. Ceramic. An extremely unusual 3-dimensional very large covered bowl with WWII mountain scene with tanksSee Sold Price
Sold2018Hand Carved German Whistling Automaton.Vintage Folk Art Hand Carved German Whistling Automaton. Signed Germany on base Attributed to Karl Griesbaum Company. Key wind musical mechanism that whistles and activates his head turning it from siSee 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
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
2 days LeftConestoga Auction Company Division of Hess Auction GroupSchutz-Marke Symphonion Musical Automaton.$150(1 bid)
May 15Kew Auctions A SILVER BOOK VINAIGRETTE WITH UNUSUAL DECORATION TO FRONT COVER OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CIRCA 1900£70
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