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AN INTERESTING AUTOMATON SCENE

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AN INTERESTING AUTOMATON SCENE
WITH FOUR AIRS, AN ORIENTAL TIGHTROPE WALKER PERFORMING IN FRONT OF TWO TRICOLEURS AND A TREE WITH THREE BIRDS AND TWO MUSICIANS IN THE FOREGROUND, ON A FLORAL GILT COMPOSITION DECORATED BASE -- 27IN. (69CM.) HIGH, UNDER DOME (CRACKED), CIRCA 1880, WITH REPEATING, PLAYING AND QUIET ADJUSTMENTS, SERIAL NUMBER 7173, CYLINDER 8IN. (20CM.) LONG (MINOR RESTORATION FROM MOTOR TO CAM MECHANISM)
SEE COLOUR PLATE 23