Peasant and Pig Musical Automaton by Vichy, c. 1900
Depicting a young man perched on the back of a rush-seated chair and resting a piglet on his knee as though it were a baby, with expressive plaster-composition character head, rosy cheeks, upturned nose, brown glass eyes, articulated eyelids and lower lip, dressed in original embroidered satin waistcoat, striped velvet breeches, felt top hat and sections of the very worn tailcoat, the piglet with articulated neck and tongue, with going-barrel movement driving five cams and two-air cylinder movement, ht. 31 in. (79 cm) including hat, mainly original paint – some retouch around eyebrows and lower lip, repairs on peasant's fingers and pig's left foreleg. With crank-key and acorn-form stop/start. – The peasant turns and nods his head, blinks and moves his lower lip as though coaxing the piglet to eat the "tartin" which he offers. The piglet looks up at its master, turns its head and sticks out its tongue while the peasant stamps his foot and heaves his shoulders in mirth. – Literature: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", p. 98; Auction Team Breker, 16 November 2013, Lot 427 for a similar piece. – A classic Vichy automaton, in good working condition.

Musik-Puppenautomat "Bauer mit Schweinchen" von Vichy, um 1900
Ein junger Mann sitzt auf der Lehne eines Stuhles, Sitz aus Binsen-Geflecht, mit einem kleinen Schweinchen, ähnlich einem Baby, auf dem Schoß. Ausdrucksstark modellierter Kopf aus Gips, rosige Wangen, Stupsnase, braune Glasaugen mit beweglichen Lidern, beweglicher Unterlippe; Original-Bekleidung: bestickte Satinweste, gestreifte Samt-Hose, Hut aus Filz, stark beschädigter Frack. Das Ferkel mit beweglichem Hals und beweglicher Zunge. Sockel mit Federwerkmotor, Mechanik mit 5 Nockenscheiben und 2-Melodien-Walzenspiel werk. Gesamthöhe mit Hut 79 cm. Zumeist Original-Bemalung, Retusche an den Augenbrauen und an der Unterlippe, Finger des Bauern und der linke Vorderhuf des Schweinchens repariert; mit Handkurbel und eichelförmigem Starthebel. – Der Bauer dreht den Kopf und nickt, zwinkert mit den Augen, bewegt die Unterlippe, als würde er dem Ferkel gut zureden, das angebotene Marmeladenbrot zu essen. Das Schweinchen schaut zu seinem Herrn auf, schüttelt den Kopf und streckt ihm die Zunge raus, während der Bauer mit dem Fuß auf den Boden stampft und belustigt mit den Schultern zuckt. – Literatur: Bailly, "Automata, the Golden Age", S. 98; Auction Team Breker, 16. November 2013, Lot 427 für einen ähnlichen Automaten. – Ein klassischer Vichy-Automat in gut funktionierendem Zustand.

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