Viennese Mechanical Picture Automaton, of shadow box form with silk flowers and fruit in a giltwood frame which originally contained a mechanism to open and close the flower petals, the reverse signed in ink Glosseau, 1838 (mechanical components behind the picture missing), ht. 16 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
Rare Mechanical Picture Automaton of Two Monkey Musicians, by Tharin , the hand-colored engraving of a male and female monkey in evening dress sitting before Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-07-29
Viennese Picture Automaton Clock, the painting on iron depicting a pastoral scene with clock in church tower, a seated gentleman and lady on a stone Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23
"Mechanical Life Picture" Automaton of President Grover Cleveland, J. Ottmann Lithographing Co., New York, c. 1900, colored lithographed cardboard scene of Cleveland and his wife Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
Early Tableau Mecanique Automaton by Antoine Vichy, circa 1850, in the form of a theatre with five Grodnertal wooden dancers, three ladies and two gentlemen, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
Jean Phalibois Automaton of a Monkey Artist, circa 1870, stamped on the movement J. Phalibois a Paris , with papier-mache head, articulated green glass eyes Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
Bremond Tableau Mecanique of a Harpist, circa 1860, the hand-tinted lithographed paper figure with articulated head and hands, hair parted at the centre and arranged Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-03
