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A French window display automaton, probably Roullet and Decamps,…
Auction House:
Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
1-Apr-2015
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Description:
A French window display automaton, probably Roullet and Decamps, circa 1920 depicting a drunkard, dressed in tails and top hat with a cane adjacent to an illuminated box, with white composition hands, an articulated face, blue glass eyes, supported on a rectangular wooden case containing the electrical mechanism. Upon activation the figures eyebrows, eyes and lips move, his head moves from side to side, he taps his right foot and points his cane to the rotating illuminated advertising box (2) 60 cm high, 59 cm wide, 35 cm deep
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Category:
Unclassified