Musical Automaton "Méxicain" by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1890
With leather-covered head, brown glass eyes with articulated eyelids, inset bone teeth, black hair wig, painted metal hands holding a guitar, going-barrel movement in the torso playing two short airs as the figure turns and inclines his head to the left and right, blinks and strums, dressed in green silk tunic with metal-thread trim, matching hat and burgundy silk cloak, on velvet-covered plinth base with brass plaque engraved: "Mexicain Joueur de Mandoline, Roullet & Decamps, Circa 1890", ht. 30 ½ in. (78 cm), including hat, neck of guitar restored. With steel key. A dramatic example of an automaton musician from the Jean Roullet/early Roullet et Decamps period. – Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", p. 295. No. 190 in Roullet et Decamps catalog.

Musik-Puppenautomat "Mexikaner" von Roullet et Decamps, um 1890
Mit Leder überzogener Kopf, braune Glasaugen mit beweglichen Lidern, eingesetzte Zähne aus Knochen, schwarze Echthaar-Perücke, lackierte Metallhände, eine Mandoline haltend, Torso mit Federwerkmotor, Mechanik und Walzenspielwerk mit 2 kurzen Melodien. Die Figur dreht und neigt den Kopf nach links und rechts, zwinkert mit den Augen und streicht über die Mandoline. Gekleidet mit grüner Seidentunika, eingefaßt mit gewendelten Metallbändern, dazu passendem Hut und burgunderfarbenem Seidenumhang, auf mit Samt bedecktem Sockel mit graviertem Messingschild: "Mexicain Joueur de Mandoline, Roullet & Decamps, Circa 1890", Gesamthöhe mit Hut 78 cm. Hals der Gitarre restauriert. Mit Stahlschlüssel. Ein pathetischer Musikautomat aus der Periode von Jean Roullet bzw. der Anfangszeit von Roullet et Decamps. – Literatur: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", S. 295; Nr. 190 im Roullet-et-Decamps-Katalog.

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