Early French Musical Automaton
Troubador, c. 1870
With fine bisque
head, single-air going-barrel movement, dressed in original well-preserved
satin Renaissance-style costume,
height 13 ¾ in. (35 cm). Possibly by
Jules Joseph Fournier
of the Passage du Bois de Boulogne, Paris.
A fine early automaton in fresh original working condition.
Estimate: € 4.000/6.000
US$ 5,100/7,700
Reserve: € 3.000/US$ 3,840
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