Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2383Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 28, 2007 10:00AM
Description:
Automaton of a Boy and Gray Hound, probably Germany, from a pull-toy, the boy with open-mouth bisque head, fixed blue eyes, and original country costume, holding a stick in his right hand, on base with papier-mache landscape top and papier-mache dog, the mechanism causing the boy to turn his head, wave the stick, and the dog to move up and down as though running, ht. 13 1/4 in.
Illustrated p. 83.
Estimate $400-600