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A rare Lambert black smoker automaton
the papier-mâché character head with fixed brown glass eyes, wide smiling mouth with inset teeth, goatee beard and moustache, sitting cross legged on turned wood stool, on velvet-covered base with bellows and LB key, the going-barrel movement playing one air causing him to turn and raise his head, bringing a cigarette-holder to his lips, waving a cane in the other hand and crossing his legs, the smoke pulled through a pipe in the right hand and exhaled through the mouth, in pale blue satin tailcoat edged in braid, dress shirt with jabot, breeches and top hat - 24in. (61cm.) high, (wig replaced)
the papier-mâché character head with fixed brown glass eyes, wide smiling mouth with inset teeth, goatee beard and moustache, sitting cross legged on turned wood stool, on velvet-covered base with bellows and LB key, the going-barrel movement playing one air causing him to turn and raise his head, bringing a cigarette-holder to his lips, waving a cane in the other hand and crossing his legs, the smoke pulled through a pipe in the right hand and exhaled through the mouth, in pale blue satin tailcoat edged in braid, dress shirt with jabot, breeches and top hat - 24in. (61cm.) high, (wig replaced)
Literature
Francois Theimer and Florence Theriualt (1994), The Jumeau Book, p. 387.
Christian Bailly (1993), Automates, (exhibition catalogue), p. 58 & 96.
This rare character head was produced for Lambert both in bisque and papier-mâché; it was used on a small number of smokers, a banjo player and a magician. The seated smoker does not appear in the Lambert catalogue reprinted in Automata, The Golden Age and was presumbaly produced in very limited numbers, or possibly as a special commission. For Lambert to produce a character head of this sort was in itself unusual, as the company is best known for its picturesque automata, usually supplied with bisque doll heads by Jumeau. However, the automaton shares the same set of relatively simple movements used to maximum effect found on other Lambert smokers.
Christian Bailly (1993), Automates, (exhibition catalogue), p. 58 & 96.
This rare character head was produced for Lambert both in bisque and papier-mâché; it was used on a small number of smokers, a banjo player and a magician. The seated smoker does not appear in the Lambert catalogue reprinted in Automata, The Golden Age and was presumbaly produced in very limited numbers, or possibly as a special commission. For Lambert to produce a character head of this sort was in itself unusual, as the company is best known for its picturesque automata, usually supplied with bisque doll heads by Jumeau. However, the automaton shares the same set of relatively simple movements used to maximum effect found on other Lambert smokers.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium