A scratch built clockwork automaton modelled as a monkey win...

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£150 - £200

A scratch built clockwork automaton modelled as a monkey winding an organ, the Papier Mache head with inset eyes, the wood and wire body with moulded hands and clay tail, legs and feet, the painted wooden organ with incised decoration, set to a red fabric covered base with collection bowl, 29.5cm high

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Clock work mechanism operates when wound, the handle rotates and the figure pivots at the hips, playing music as it does so.