Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th October 2017

Lot 419

A French automaton toy of a rabbit in a cabbage attributed to Roullet and Decamps

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A French automaton toy of a rabbit in a cabbage attributed to Roullet and Decamps, the wind-up spring movement playing one air and driving the rabbit with glass eyes to rise from the centre of the cabbage, moving its ears and opening its mouth and retreating, late 19th century, 18cm high.