Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM
Description:
Roullet et Decamps Jumping Cat Automaton, with white fur-covered body, green glass eyes, articulated legs with wooden paws, holding a pink velvet-coiled hoop hung with bells, the key-wind clockwork movement in the body causing the cat to jump, ht. 6 1/2 in.
Literature: Bailly, Automata, The Golden Age, p. 286.
Estimate $300-500