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Auction archive: Lot number 119

A composition-headed clockwork musical automaton, modelled as a standing Negro banjo player with bisque arms, papier mache rocky base, original tartan trousers, shirt and crepe brocade jacket, as the music plays he strums his instrument while turning...

Auction 12.09.1991
12 Sep 1991
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,172 - US$8,620
Price realised:
£3,080
ca. US$5,310
Auction archive: Lot number 119

A composition-headed clockwork musical automaton, modelled as a standing Negro banjo player with bisque arms, papier mache rocky base, original tartan trousers, shirt and crepe brocade jacket, as the music plays he strums his instrument while turning...

Auction 12.09.1991
12 Sep 1991
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,172 - US$8,620
Price realised:
£3,080
ca. US$5,310
Beschreibung:

A composition-headed clockwork musical automaton, modelled as a standing Negro banjo player with bisque arms, papier mache rocky base, original tartan trousers, shirt and crepe brocade jacket, as the music plays he strums his instrument while turning and nodding his head and closing his eyes - 18in. high, by Vichy See plate

Auction archive: Lot number 119
Auction:
Datum:
12 Sep 1991
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A composition-headed clockwork musical automaton, modelled as a standing Negro banjo player with bisque arms, papier mache rocky base, original tartan trousers, shirt and crepe brocade jacket, as the music plays he strums his instrument while turning and nodding his head and closing his eyes - 18in. high, by Vichy See plate

Auction archive: Lot number 119
Auction:
Datum:
12 Sep 1991
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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