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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A ROULLET ET DECAMPS BLACK BANJO PLAYER AUTOMATON
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With leather-covered papier-mâché head, inset bone teeth, brown glass eyes with articulated lids, metal hands, going-barrel movement in the body playing two airs and causing the figure to turn and incline his head, blink and strum the instrument with his right hand, redressed in rose satin jacket and striped silk breeches trimmed with metal-thread braid and brass coins
27 in. (69 cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With leather-covered papier-mâché head, inset bone teeth, brown glass eyes with articulated lids, metal hands, going-barrel movement in the body playing two airs and causing the figure to turn and incline his head, blink and strum the instrument with his right hand, redressed in rose satin jacket and striped silk breeches trimmed with metal-thread braid and brass coins
27 in. (69 cm.) high
Literature
Christian Bailly, Automata, The Golden Age, 1848-1914, p. 275
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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Flora Elek
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