A RARE FRENCH ‘RABBIT-IN-CABBAGE’ MUSICAL AUTOMATON WITH ORIGINAL KEY
By Roullet & Decamps, circa 1880
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£1,200 - £1,800
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Hammer price:
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£9,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Rising, when activated whilst the music plays, he looks around and 'eats' some cabbage, his ears twitching, he then descends
18cm high ‘asleep’; 28cm high ‘active’
On an associated giltwood plinth under a glass dome
32cm diam.
Another is in the Science Museum, South Kensington, London.
Condition Report
Together with its original key. In working condition. Staining to the cabbage consistent with age. Dome is in good condition. Both dome and base are not original
