Sold for:
$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.


Potter & Potter

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-12-05

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Auctioneer:
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Date:
2014-04-29


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Auctioneer:
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Date:
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Date:
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Date:
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