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Musical Boxes & Automata — Entertainment Equipment - Sotheby's
Auction House:
| Sotheby's | |
|---|---|
| Number of lots recorded: | 8 |
| Lots with images: | 8 |
| Prices available: | 8 |
Category:
Musical Boxes & Automata
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | An automaton doll, German, the doll with porcelain face and hands, action raising arms and rotating head, glass dome, music box in base | *** |  |
| *** | A Walnut music box, Swiss, 19th century, the 43 cm cylinder playing twelve airs, accompanied by a drum and six saucer-shaped bells, each decorated with butterflies, birds and flowers, lever wind movement, contained in a rectangular-shaped walnut case… | *** |  |
| *** | A mahogany music box, late 19th century, the 60m cylinder playing multiple airs, accompanied by a drum and six saucer-shaped bells being played by two animated Chinese court jesters, lever wind, contained in a rectangular walnut case with mahogany inlay | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss gilt bronze singing bird automaton jewel box of oval form, the porcelain plaque lid opens to reveal a singing bird, a small clock to front, the base inscribed with the names of four songs, decorated in classical manner, 11.5 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss movement tortoiseshell singing bird box, mid 19th century, the tortoiseshell and silver gilt rectangular case with a central hinged oval lid engraved with little birds in flight, opening to reveal a brightly coloured animated singing bird 10 x 6.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A French musical automaton clock of birds in a tree, late 19th Century modelled with four birds tweeting and moving amongst the boughs of a wirework and fabric tree, the natuarlistically modelled rocky landscape with a turning glass rod to one side… | *** |  |
| *** | An automaton figure of a mother and child lying in bed, German, the reclining mother sits up, nods head, raises arms and rocks baby, movement housed in base of bed, accompanied by a musical movement | *** |  |
| *** | A singing bird automaton, German, the single automated bird perched on a stand entwined with delicate foliage and berries, within a brass cage mounted on a wooden base decorated with floral motif, raised on four baluster feet | *** |  |