Lot Essay
A similar display with a different backdrop was sold in Mechanical Music and Technical Apparatus, 26 July 2001, lot 128.
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Details
An advertising display automaton for Bear Brand Honey
the composition scene with trees, beehive and removable backdrop, on wooden base containing the electric motor causing four bees to fly in and out of the hive while a brown bear emerges, in original storage crate stamped Bear Brand Honey Co. Ltd. - 24in. (61cm.) high x 27½.in. (71cm.) wide x 22.1/in. (57cm.) deep
the composition scene with trees, beehive and removable backdrop, on wooden base containing the electric motor causing four bees to fly in and out of the hive while a brown bear emerges, in original storage crate stamped Bear Brand Honey Co. Ltd. - 24in. (61cm.) high x 27½.in. (71cm.) wide x 22.1/in. (57cm.) deep
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