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Musical Automaton Clown Playing Lute by Lambert, Paris, c. 1900 With paper-mâché head, painted in

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Musical Automaton Clown Playing Lute by Lambert, Paris, c. 1900 With paper-mâché head, painted in
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Musical Automaton Clown Playing Lute by Lambert, Paris, c. 1900 With paper-mâché head, painted insects on the cheeks and chin, fixed brown glass eyes, two-color mohair topknot, bisque hands holding inlaid mother-of-pearl lute with bone neck and carved pegs (one missing), on velvet-covered base with single-air going-barrel movement driving four cams with five levers that cause the musician to strum with his right hand while raising the neck of the instrument in his left, leaning back and forth on his stool, crossing one leg and then lifting both together, bending his head in concentration, looking left and right as though to survey his audience, and then saucily sticking out his tongue. Dressed in painted cream satin suit with blue latticework bolero jacket, height 23 in. (58 cm), (face retouched), with brass LB key and stop/start. - Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", pp 181, 351. - A very handsome example of a classic Lambert automaton with a complex series of motions.

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Musik-Puppenautomat "Lautespielender Clown" von Lambert, um 1900 Lambert, Paris. Kopf aus Papiermaché, gemalte Insekten auf Wangen und Kinn, feststehende braune Glasaugen, zweifarbige Perücke mit Haarknoten, Hände aus Biskuitporzellan, fein gearbeitete Laute mit Perlmuttintarsien, Stimmwirbel aus Bein, 1 Wirbel fehlt, Seidenkleidung, Bolero-Jacke mit Streifen. Auf samtbezogenem Holzsockel. Federwerk, Walzenspielwerk und Mechanik im Sockel. Der Clown zupft mit seiner rechten Hand über die Laute, lehnt sich auf dem Stuhl vor und zurück, überkreuzt die Beine und hebt sie an, schaut rechts und links und streckt die Zunge heraus. Gesamthöhe 58 cm, mit "LB"-Schlüssel und Starthebel. - Literatur: Bailly: "Automata, the Golden Age", S. 181 und 351. - Ein sehr attraktiver Lambert-Automat mit einer komplizierten Abfolge von Bewegungen!

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Condition: (2/2)

Starting Price: €6000

Musical Automaton Clown Playing Lute by Lambert, Paris, c. 1900 With paper-mâché head, painted insects on the cheeks and chin, fixed brown glass eyes, two-color mohair topknot, bisque hands holding inlaid mother-of-pearl lute with bone neck and carved pegs (one missing), on velvet-covered base with single-air going-barrel movement driving four cams with five levers that cause the musician to strum with his right hand while raising the neck of the instrument in his left, leaning back and forth on his stool, crossing one leg and then lifting both together, bending his head in concentration, looking left and right as though to survey his audience, and then saucily sticking out his tongue. Dressed in painted cream satin suit with blue latticework bolero jacket, height 23 in. (58 cm), (face retouched), with brass LB key and stop/start. - Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", pp 181, 351. - A very handsome example of a classic Lambert automaton with a complex series of motions.

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Musik-Puppenautomat "Lautespielender Clown" von Lambert, um 1900 Lambert, Paris. Kopf aus Papiermaché, gemalte Insekten auf Wangen und Kinn, feststehende braune Glasaugen, zweifarbige Perücke mit Haarknoten, Hände aus Biskuitporzellan, fein gearbeitete Laute mit Perlmuttintarsien, Stimmwirbel aus Bein, 1 Wirbel fehlt, Seidenkleidung, Bolero-Jacke mit Streifen. Auf samtbezogenem Holzsockel. Federwerk, Walzenspielwerk und Mechanik im Sockel. Der Clown zupft mit seiner rechten Hand über die Laute, lehnt sich auf dem Stuhl vor und zurück, überkreuzt die Beine und hebt sie an, schaut rechts und links und streckt die Zunge heraus. Gesamthöhe 58 cm, mit "LB"-Schlüssel und Starthebel. - Literatur: Bailly: "Automata, the Golden Age", S. 181 und 351. - Ein sehr attraktiver Lambert-Automat mit einer komplizierten Abfolge von Bewegungen!

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Condition: (2/2)

Starting Price: €6000

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