"Nègre Fumeur" Automaton by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1910
With plaster-composition head, original paint (some minor retouch), black hair wig, brown eyes with articulated lids and articulated lower jaw with painted teeth, sitting barefoot on bamboo chair, his torso containing bellows and single-air going-barrel movement that causes the boy to turn and nod his head, blink and raise the pipe to inhale while waving a newspaper with his left hand, the smoke drawn through the right arm and emitted from the mouth as he moves his lips to exhale, in original velvet jacket, silk shirt and checked silk cap, ht. 24 in. (61 cm). With steel size 10 key. A smoking automaton with expressively modeled character head, in working condition. – Literature: Bailly, "Automata, The Golden Age", p. 321.

Musik-Raucherautomat "Nègre Fumeur" von Roullet et Decamps, um 1910
Kopf aus Gips, Original-Bemalung (leicht retuschiert), schwarze Echthaarperücke, braune Glasaugen mit beweglichen Lidern, beweglicher Unterkiefer mit gemalten Zähnen, barfuß sitzend auf einem Bambus-Hocker, Korpus mit Federwerkmotor, Mechanik, Blasebalg und Walzenspielwerk mit einer Melodie. – Der Junge dreht den Kopf und nickt, zwinkert, bewegt die Pfeife an den Mund, um den Rauch einzuatmen, und wedelt mit der Zeitung in der linken Hand. Der Rauch aus der Pfeife wird durch einen Schlauch im rechten Arm zum Mund geleitet und wieder ausgestoßen, wenn er die Lippen bewegt. – Mit Original-Kleidung: Samtjacke, Seidenhemd und karierte Seidenkappe, Höhe 61 cm. Mit Stahlschlüssel Größe 10. Ein Raucherautomat mit ausdrucksstark modelliertem Charakterkopf in funktionierendem Zustand. – Literatur: Bailly, "Automata, The Golden Age", S. 321.

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