Sold for:
$1,410
$1,410
Early Cyclist Automaton from a Jeu de Course Gambling Game, with unmarked F. G.-type pressed head impressed 1/0 , closed mouth, fixed blue eyes, pierced ears, brown hair wig, wood body with carved hands, articulated legs and paint-decorated polka-dot stockings, green cotton shirt, lace collar and metal-thread decoration, seated on gold-painted metal high-wheel bicycle with spoked wheels, painted "5" marker and 15-inch lg. shaft originally connecting to central clockwork mechanism, ht. 10 in., (crack on forehead and right cheek, chip at neck socket concealed by collar).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
