$3,000
Lute Player Automaton. French [?], ca. 1890. Full-body figure seated on a fabric-covered platform strums a lute and nods his head from side to side as an internal music box plays. 12 x 7 x 15”. Cosmetically in poor condition, with costume, fingers, and head distressed and tattered, but mechanically sound. Sold as-is.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05