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AN INTERESTING AUTOMATON SCENE
WITH FOUR AIRS, AN ORIENTAL TIGHTROPE WALKER PERFORMING IN FRONT OF TWO TRICOLEURS AND A TREE WITH THREE BIRDS AND TWO MUSICIANS IN THE FOREGROUND, ON A FLORAL GILT COMPOSITION DECORATED BASE -- 27IN. (69CM.) HIGH, UNDER DOME (CRACKED), CIRCA 1880, WITH REPEATING, PLAYING AND QUIET ADJUSTMENTS, SERIAL NUMBER 7173, CYLINDER 8IN. (20CM.) LONG (MINOR RESTORATION FROM MOTOR TO CAM MECHANISM)
SEE COLOUR PLATE 23
WITH FOUR AIRS, AN ORIENTAL TIGHTROPE WALKER PERFORMING IN FRONT OF TWO TRICOLEURS AND A TREE WITH THREE BIRDS AND TWO MUSICIANS IN THE FOREGROUND, ON A FLORAL GILT COMPOSITION DECORATED BASE -- 27IN. (69CM.) HIGH, UNDER DOME (CRACKED), CIRCA 1880, WITH REPEATING, PLAYING AND QUIET ADJUSTMENTS, SERIAL NUMBER 7173, CYLINDER 8IN. (20CM.) LONG (MINOR RESTORATION FROM MOTOR TO CAM MECHANISM)
SEE COLOUR PLATE 23