VICHY's Serenata with a Mandolin

Serenata with a Mandolin

Gustave VICHY's automaton - circa 1880

LOT 79 - Automaton toy from Gustave Vichy, featuring a boy (porcelain head and lead hands) scraping a mandolin, while the girl who listens to him has the head and hands in porcelain.
Manufacturer plate (G. Vichy - deposé) on the arm of the instrument.
Works but useful to regulate. Music with two tunes.

Ht : 530mm – Lg : 200mm.

Estimate : 1200/1800 €