Autumn Auction 2024
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No. 4079
Autumn Auction 2024
Limit: 1200 €
ANTOINE VICHY
rare French machine by Vichy, musketeer with special provenance bisque porcelain head with elegant slim male shape, with fixed inset brown glass eyes, closed mouth with modelled moustache and pointed beard, fine slim nose, chestnut brown mohair wig, hull and legs are made of cardboard, hands are made of metal, holds a brass-plated gun in the right hand, standing on a three-wheeled metal base, elaborate aristocratic silk costume in Musketeer style with metal buttons and gold colored applications, suitable hat and brown kid leather boots, that reach over the knee, with very entertaining four motions: metal base turns and slide on wheels, while the musketeer lifts the head and nods, lifts and lowers the arm with the gun and and fires, condition: generally excellent, intact mechanism, marking: Vichy (Mechnismus), manufacturer : Gustave Vichy, c. 1870, size: 31 cm
Pia's Blog: "... take yourself back to the 19th century, without the internet and television - in the heyday of these little mechanical, doll-headed toys, families would sit together and enjoy these illustrious objets d'art. These objects were often made to order by small manufacturers, often with the heads of famous doll's head makers, and are correspondingly rare and sought-after today. The well-known collector and author Christian Bailly has created the standard work 'Automaton: The Golden Age' and compiled one of the most important collections of mechanical toys, including this rare automaton from Vichy, before it spent the last two decades in another exquisite collection ... "
Hammerprice: 1200,00 €
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