Sale 5221
London, South Kensington
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31 May 2007
Price realised
GBP 480
Estimate
An electric 'Baker' window-tapper automaton the figure of a man with painted composition head and hands, and layered card and plaster body containing electric motor mechanism acuating twin-rods for head and weighted eye and right arm movements, dressed in black and white check trousers, ivory chef's shirt and baker's hat, with covered metal mixing spoon held in his right hand for window contact, standing in black shoes, on plain red painted rectangular wood base, inscribed 1 and signed Koch Pierre in blue crayon on chest, circa 1950 -26in. (66cm) high, (slight crazing to hands)
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