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A rare coin-operated Electric Solder shock machine
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A rare coin-operated Electric Solder shock machine

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A rare coin-operated Electric Solder shock machine
The case in the form of an elderly bearded man in hat and long coat, in carved wood and polychrome painted gesso, with fixed left arm and metal hand gripping a rod, moving right arm for current increase, flanking 1d. coin slot on upper chest and central circular dial, on plain small canted corner base, German circa 1875-80 -24½in. (62.2cm.) high
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Inside the hollow body, accessed from the back, is a two-air musical box movement, which is wound from underneath the right arm and activated when a 1d. piece is inserted. The maker of this machine is unknown, however, a metal cased and painted figure of a pig is known called, Le Cochon Electriseur Automatic by the Socitete Generale Francaise D'Automatiques, Paris. Although of a different form, the pig example has a similar dial and coin slot location.

(Costa-Haskell P.3)