A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Antiques During this era many small

During this era many small family based companies of automata makers thrived in Paris and from their workshops they exported thousands of clockwork automata and mechanical singing birds around the world

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Hayley’s Triumphs was very soon a hit among polite society’s leading ladies

At an average of less than £2 per block these make for a very good investment

A Wonderful Rare Late 19thC Automaton Acrobat Sand Toy in Glazed Display Box sub-Antiques During this era many smallOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Case: Height: 11. 75 inches Width: 8. 25 inches Depth: 3. 25 inches The glass, lithographed paper, and stained pine construction with gilded pillars having a background of elephants, clowns and entertainers with hand decorated draped turquoise theater curtain, the multi joined acrobat spinning on a central peg axis, the action requiring anti clockwise charging