SALON AUTOMAT " La Coquette" by GustaveVICHY.... - Lot 155 - Varenne Enchères

Lot 155
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4000 - 6000 EUR
SALON AUTOMAT " La Coquette" by GustaveVICHY.... - Lot 155 - Varenne Enchères
SALON AUTOMAT " La Coquette" by GustaveVICHY. Charming moving and walking automaton with pressed biscuit head of a young girl from the Eugène BARROIS house with closed mouth, enamel eyes, metal hands and molded cardboard body. Original mohair wig and original silk clothes. Music to a tune. This little person is placed on an oval-shaped metal base with three wheels. After moving her head from right to left and from left to right, she adjusts her face to hand with her left hand, while fanning herself with her right hand. She moves straight forward and then describes a graceful circle. Typical Vichy stop button. Perfect working condition and original. Single tune music. Bears the label of a famous Parisian toy store "Le Magasin des enfants". (circa 1880) Provenance of the collection of Doctor TASSEL at the Hotel Drouot in 2017. With its wooden transport case Video : https://youtube.com/shorts/nUXgpeBWn20?feature=share EXPERT : FRANCOIS THEIMER TEL : Tél (33) 3 86 74 31 76 4 rue des Cavaliers 89130 TOUCY email :francois.theimer@wanadoo.fr WEBSITE : www.theimer.fr THE EXHIBITION OF DOLLS - TOYS - AUTOMATES WILL BE HELD AT OUR EXPERT'S OFFICE : M. FRANCOIS THEIMER AT HIS OFFICE, 4 Rue des Cavaliers, 89130 Toucy. THANK YOU FOR MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIM AT 03 86 74 31 76 IN ORDER TO SEE THIS LOT
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