A good 'Negro Banjo-Player' musical automaton, by G. Vichy,
circa 1890,
with single air cylinder movement, the standing man with papier-mâché head and hands dressed in black top hat, cream silk shirt, red lined long coat, striped breaches, black stockings and red shoes with pom-poms, holding banjo, leaning against the back of white and black painted chair, when actuated strumming banjo, moving head from side-to-side, moving mouth and eye lids, tapping right foot and shugging shoulders in time with the music, start/stop and crank to left-hand side - 31in. (79cm) high
with single air cylinder movement, the standing man with papier-mâché head and hands dressed in black top hat, cream silk shirt, red lined long coat, striped breaches, black stockings and red shoes with pom-poms, holding banjo, leaning against the back of white and black painted chair, when actuated strumming banjo, moving head from side-to-side, moving mouth and eye lids, tapping right foot and shugging shoulders in time with the music, start/stop and crank to left-hand side - 31in. (79cm) high
Sold for
£8,125
inc. premium
Category: Collectibles / Mechanical Music
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