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Said to have been used originally in a shop window, promoting porridge
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An electrically driven automaton
of two monkeys at the breakfast table, constructed by The Fife Engineering Co. Ltd, each figure alternately raising a mug and a spoon to his mouth -- 23in. (58cm.) wide, circa 1935
of two monkeys at the breakfast table, constructed by The Fife Engineering Co. Ltd, each figure alternately raising a mug and a spoon to his mouth -- 23in. (58cm.) wide, circa 1935