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A French Singing Bird Automaton, circa 1920, as a bird with real feathers and moving head, beak and tail, on a perch within a domed cage, on a base embossed with floral entrelac band, 30cm high over ring for suspension.

John Wright, Linton. An automaton oak longcase clock, the break arch hood above conforming trunk door raised on a rectangular plinth, the 12 inch arched silvered dial landscape-painted to the arch with two rocking figures on a sea-saw, above silvered chapter ring and well-engraved centre, seconds and calendar dials, gilt rococo spandrels, with four pillar bell-striking movement, (case probably associated) 200cm high

A German plaster and painted nodding automaton, circa 1900, modelled as a town crier, h.57cm

A late 19th century German 'whistling' carved wood automaton figure of a tramp with swivel head, the clockwork movement with bellows, 13.5in high; a set of marbles; a Chad Valley jig saw puzzle 'Big Bad Wolf'; and a small oval copper kettle. (4)

An Alps RVP Japanese battery Automaton of a Black Bear drinking a bottle of Pepsi Cola on semi circular tin plate lithographed base. 24cm high.

A brass musical automaton modelled as a cage with two birds, with label to reverse, 'The Merry Music Box', 28cm

A 19th century oak and mahogany longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack-strike on a bell, the 13in. painted and arched dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five minutes divisions, and subsidiary date and seconds dial, painted with fruit spandrels, the arch with automaton moonphase, indistinctly inscribed GEO: GOODALL TADCASTER, the case inlaid with panels of urns and geometric foliage, the hood with fluted columns and broken pediment with ball finial, 234cm high

A 19th century oak and mahogany inlaid longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack-strike on a bell, the painted and arched dial with Roman numerals, date aperture and subsidiary seconds dial, decorated with spandrels of rustic buildings, the arch with moonphase automaton, the case with shaped door, the hood with fluted columns, swan-neck pediment and three ball and eagle finials, 225cm high

Stewart, Glasgow, a George III mahogany longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, the 13in arched brass dial with Roman numerals, Arabic five minute divisions, subsidiary seconds and date dial, foliate spandrels and inscribed STEWART, GLASGOW, the arch with moonphase automaton, the line-inlaid case with spirally fluted pilasters, the hood with similar pillars and broken pediment, 216cm high

Bartley & Eggert, Bristol; a late George III mahogany and line-inlaid longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, the 13in. painted dial with automaton arch and with Roman numerals, Arabic quarter-hour divisions, seconds and date subsidiary dials, the corners painted with spandrels of coronets, the arch with an automaton of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the case with two gilt-metal-capped pilasters, the hood with similar columns and a swan-neck pediment, 218cm high (restored)

A 19th century mahogany longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack-strike on a bell, the painted 14in. dial with Roman numerals, painted moon-phase automaton and subsidiary seconds dial, decorated with floral spandrels, the case with fluted pilasters and shaped door, the hood with brass-capped columns and broken pediment, 217cm high

A George IV mahogany longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack-strike on a bell, the arched and painted 14in. dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary date and seconds dial, painted with spandrels of figures representing the Continents, the arch with a moonphase automaton, the case with shaped door and a pair of Corinthian fluted pilasters with gilt-metal bases and capitals, the hood with a pair of similar columns and swan-neck pediment with ball finial, 225cm high

William Randall, Newbury; a late George III oak and mahogany inlaid longcase clock, the eight-day two-train movement with rack strike on a bell, stamped WALKER & HUGHES, the painted 12in.dial with automaton arch, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials, the arch with moonphase automaton, the case with fluted pilasters and shaped door, the hood with similar fluted columns and swan-neck pediment, 213cm high

A. Haeckler, a late 19th century German pine-cased automaton timepiece, with eight-day two-train movement, the circular enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the rectangular case surmounted with an automaton of a seated peasant eating a pie, 49.5cm high (some damage)

A Singing Bird Automaton, with a single articulated bird with yellow and grey plumage on a perch within a gilt metal domed cage, the base (re-gilded) containing the mechanism and bellows causing the bird to move its head and sing, late 19th century, probably Bontems, (27.5cm high)

An Automaton mechanical animal band consisting of drumming zebra, accordian playing elephant, cello playing alligator, banjo playing hippopotanmus and violin playing bear, all in evening dress and playing to accomanying music, the whole display 11ft x 4ft 6ins, nb. 240v, not tested for safety.

An electrical automaton figure of Charlie Chaplin, 77cm high

THE AUTOMATON CADDIE Osmond's Patent, Thornhill Works, Leeds, canvas and leather on a folding hardwood stand.

A Black Forest stained wood cuckoo clock, the pedimented top with gilt metal cresting above a typical dial with leaf carved brackets, the two train brass movement with cuckoo automaton striking on a gong, late 19th century, (restorations), 43cms high

A Japanese Carved Wood Wind-Up Automaton, in the form of a pot surmounted by a man and lectern, and a Japanese Paper Knife, the brass blade engraved with riverscape, the repousse hilt with plants, dragonflies and crab motifs in white, yellow and red metal, Length 11.5..

Thomas Ross, Hull early 19th century mahogany longcase clock, the shaped top hood with central finial and plush upholstered panel, arched moulded cornice and glazed door flanked by turned tapered fluted columns with brass Corinthian capitals, the painted dial with ship automaton to the arch, a subsidiary second dial and aperture and eight day movement, the trunk with a shaped top door abovefluted canted corners and a crossbanded boxwood strung base with bracket feet, 2.36m high

A small Swiss pictoral clock with automaton cherub, in case. 6cm high

An oak long case clock, the eight day four-pillar two-train movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, the arched 12inch brass dial with Roman numerals, date aperture and subsidiary seconds dial, the arch with an automaton of Time, within foliate spandrels, inscribed T Downs Louth, the plain case with arched door, the hood with plain pillasters and broken pediment, 213cm high.

A 1930s Swiss onyx-mounted automaton timepiece, of gilt metal mounted rectangular form on a stepped Mexican onyx base, painted with a scene in the French manner depicting a pastoral idyll, the automaton with two putti on a see-saw, inscribed verso Garden Party, fab. suisse, 9.5 cm high

A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL SINGING BIRD AUTOMATON, the hinged cover decorated with a lakeside landscape within a pink, floral and gilt border, 4".