Automaton with music box, depicting castle scene with moving windmill, water wheel, soldiers on turret and horse back and rocking ship. The scene is enclosed in a background painted large oval dome, c1875
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22 September 2025
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the piece is in overall good original condition with several figures detached but present. There is a selection of two tunes, probably Swiss, a nice hand finished mechanism playing Les Sirenes Waltz and Aida March. Ht 23" to top of dome
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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Automaton with music box, depicting castle scene with moving windmill, water wheel, soldiers on turret and horse back and rocking ship. The scene is enclosed in a background painted large oval dome, c1875 the piece is in overall good original condition with several figures detached but present. There is a selection of two tunes, probably Swiss, a nice hand finished mechanism playing Les Sirenes Waltz and Aida March. Ht 23" to top of dome
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