Folk Art & Automata - a rare late 19th century swimming auto...

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£800 - £1,200

Folk Art & Automata - a rare late 19th century swimming automaton toy, in the form of a Whale, the wooden and brass construction with painted detail, clear glass eyes, fitted with a clockwork mechanism to the underside, 39cm long with key, stored in a rectangular shaped pine Champagne crate/box, stamped 'BRUT 106' and remnants of paper label written in French

For a similar example see Remise and Fondin, L'age d'or des jouets, page 112.