Swiss or German, country scene automata with painted card stock buildings, windmill, grist mill, and a tall ship, all powered by a concealed movement with 2 tune music box, the water wheel and windmill rotating as the ship rocks on the sea, with painted
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24 October 2024
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buildings and landscape good, with minor losses, windmill sails have been broken and repaired, water surface has been replaced, ship with minor losses, all motions work, music box working, end of base with one open hole, probably for tune selection, base with minor bumps, scratches, dome broken and repaired, no longer fits groove in back, Ht 14"
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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Swiss or German, country scene automata with painted card stock buildings, windmill, grist mill, and a tall ship, all powered by a concealed movement with 2 tune music box, the water wheel and windmill rotating as the ship rocks on the sea, with painted paper mache landscape, and on an ebonized base with glass dome, the inside painted with sky and a ship in the distance, c1870 buildings and landscape good, with minor losses, windmill sails have been broken and repaired, water surface has been replaced, ship with minor losses, all motions work, music box working, end of base with one open hole, probably for tune selection, base with minor bumps, scratches, dome broken and repaired, no longer fits groove in back, Ht 14"
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