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A BISQUE HEADED DOLL AUTOMATON 38cm high including the base

A George III oak cased long case automaton clock, circa 1780, 11 inch brass arched dial with black Roman numerals, half hour markers, minute track and five minute numerals, matte centre with date aperture, subsidiary seconds and signed name plaque engraved 'Willm Sayer Devizes', applied spandrels, the arch with painted roundel of a bearded 'Old Man Time' whose eyes move back and forth with the beat of the clock, twin train four pillar 8 day movement chiming on a bell, the hood with broken swan neck pediment and cast brass roundels with urn surmount, reed columns flanking the glazed hood door, the case later profusely carved with floral friezes, borders and decorative roundels, arched full length trunk door, raised on shaped bracket feet, with two weights, pendulum and winder, 45 by 21 by 214cm high.

A reproduction birdcage automaton

A late 19th Century early 20th Century automaton yellow singing bird with branch and foliage

A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON depicting a puppet show, the standing doll with bisque head possibly Jumeau with open blue eyes, painted features and pierced ears, in original clothing, the puppet with fixed body and five heads on revolving disc, 40cm high x 30cm wide and a German bisque-headed baby doll with fixed blue eyes, open mouth and painted features, 29cm high (2) Condition Report: Available upon request

ANTIQUE FRENCH CLOCKWORK PIANO PLAYING AUTOMATON C1880, F.M.SYSTEME BTE. SGDG PARIS (FERNAND MARTIN)

Late Victorian French Bontems Automaton mechanical singing birdcage music box , original key 52cm high overall

A mid 18th century George II walnut longcase brass faced clock by Joseph Smith, Bristol, circa 1760. Rare automaton Perseus and Andromeda moonphase action over the brass face with secondary aperture window and faceted hands. Notation to the centre for maker with further notation to the top arch ' Perseus and Andromeda '  The Walnut trunk with simple reeded columns to the sides of the hood. Complete with the brass pendulum and weights. Measures 236cms  x 49cms x 25cms depth

An automaton of singing birds in a gilt metal cage

A Reuge child doll automaton, With bisque head, blue glass eyes, blonde wigs, head turning and arm lifting mechanism, dressed in green stripes, standing on box with key-wind mechanism, 1970s —12½in. (32cm.) high (movement inoperative)

A Reuge child doll automaton, With bisque head, blue glass eyes, blonde wigs, head turning and arm lifting mechanism, dressed in purple stripes, standing on box with key-wind mechanism, 1970s —12½in. (32cm.) high

A 1930s Tyrol carved wooden whistling tramp automaton, The man in carved and painted dented top hat, red bow tie, brown jacket, belted trousers, bottle in his pocket, hole in his shoe, leaning agains a lamp post with a wood and ivory guitar leaning against it, when wound up, his head turns and he whistles into a harmonica held in his left hand on a stick, lamp post lit by battery —19½in. (49.5cm.) high

A reproduction automaton, birds in a bird cage.

Jacopo Nizzolo da Trezzo, Gianello della Torre of Cremona (celebrated horologist and engineer), bronze medal, IANELLVS TVRRIAN CREMON HOROLOG ARCHITECT, draped and bearded bust right, rev., VIRTVS NVNQ DEFICIT, the Fountain of Science: seven men and a boy receiving water from the fountain, 81.2mm (Attwood 91; Arm. I, 170, 38; Kress 441a = Pollard 501; Scher, Currency of Fame 55), tiny piercing at edge, some scratches in obverse field, an extremely fine contemporary cast of high quality with dendritic patterns in the brown patina. The present medal reveals two flaws in the obverse field which appear to replicate cracks in the original wax model from which it was cast. Pollard called the reverse the Fountain of Virtue, given the inscription and, following Kress, suggested the medal commemorates the making of a famous clock for Charles V in 1529. Attwood retains the more generally held interpretation of the reverse as the Fountain of Science. The portrait bears out Leone Leoni’s 1556 description of the sitter as “this bull in human form” and there is a marble bust of him in Toledo. An automaton of a friar supposedly made by Gianello della Torre and commissioned by Philip II is in the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC. Provenance: H.G. Gutekunst collection (Stuttgart), Hirsch XXVIII, 7 November 1910, lot 40; and Arthur Löbbecke collection, J. Schulman, 17 June 1929, lot 72.

A Swiss Reuge Music St Croix reproduction Automaton as a Singing Bird in a Gilded Cage, ring handle to top, painted base with floral blooms, key wind movement with stop/start lever, 30cm high overall

An automaton bird cage, 20th century, the domed cage containing three birds, and on circular spreading base, 29cm high

A musical clockwork automaton bisque headed doll with painted features, blue glass eyes and closed mouth in floral hat and dress on velvet lined square base, height including base 33cm (af). CONDITION REPORT: Head is reproduction, doll has lost item held in left hand if originally present and has partial broken remains of what was held in the right hand, exposed joint between mid and upper right arm, mechanism functional including her movements, joint between head and body visible, the velvet base slightly worn and discoloured, her clothes with staining in areas, some fraying.

A large and impressive Chinese gilded metal paste set musical automaton table clockThe 4 1/2 inch white enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the four pillar movement twin bell striking and signed Cheong Smag Comton and further signed in Chinese script, the stepped case surmounted with a ribbon tied bejewelled double gourd with pineapple finial and bejewelled spinning rosettes, the lower stage housing a ten bell musical movement and three faux waterfall panels behind naturalistically pierced panels, each corner mounted with urns issuing rotating beaded and bejewelled cones, the case extensively worked with foliate scrolls and standing on dolphin cast bracket feet. 89 cm high overall. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, expected wear, most parts working but in need of some adjustment, some waterfall canes lacking, some jewelling loose but present, one cone in parts but present, one key present, some elements misshapen, in need of an overhaul, sold as is.

An exquisite automaton of two Birds in cage

Clockwork automaton of a Kilted Scotsman with bottle of alcohol and glass (a.f), 25cm tall.

AM Russian market tinplate clockwork automaton roundabout road network boxed, etc.

Two automaton birds in a cage total height 3cm

19th century Lever-Operated Automaton wood automaton figure of the scissor sharpener, in wood display case, height 34x w30cm

A selection of pub advertising items including Mackeson and Senior Service illuminated signs etc; a 'Bar Tender' automaton toy (a.f.)

An automaton birds in a cage overall height 30cm

[§] VICKI WOOD (1943-2010) WOODEN AUTOMATON, CIRCA 1985 depicting the Bayeux Tapestry 40cm high

An automaton bisque head doll

20th century German silver gilt singing bird automaton music box attributed to Karl Griesbaum, the case decorated with birds, foliate scrolls and cornucopia, sliding button to front in the form of a bird in flight, oval hinged lid opening to reveal singing bird atop pierced grille, bird oscillates, wings flap up and down and beak opens and closes, hidden compartment containing winding key, key in the form of a bird, stamped to base sterling 925 with makers mark EB, fine crack to base, dimensions approximately 6.5cm by 10cm by 4cm

A COLLECTION OF THREE, POSSIBLY BLACK FOREST, WOODEN AUTOMATON, together with a TREEN GAMES/DICE SHAKER, the top hat unscrews to be the container and shaker of dice within, 10cm high

Oak cased automaton two train mantel clock striking on a bell, the 4.25" square silvered dial fitted with a thermometer, over a window revealing a blacksmith striking an anvil on the hour at a glowing furnace with later illumination, upon stepped plinth and with brass carrying handle, 14.5" high

A 19th century style musical bird cage automaton, the singing avian perched on a branch, brass cage and base, keyless movement, 24cm high, 20th century

George III mahogany longcase clock, the broken arch dial with flanking pilasters above an arched moulded figured panelled door and conforming plinth base, the trunk with canted corners inlaid with key pattern, the painted dial with ship automaton to the arch, subsidiary seconds and date dials, Arabic and Roman numerals, signed W. Stanford, Yarmouth, the dial corners painted with anchors, the two train movement with anchor escapement striking on a bell CONDITION REPORT 87ins high excluding finials.The clock is working currently, but we give no guarantees it will remain so.

A caged singing bird automaton and mantel clock height 27.5cm

A Japanese clockwork automaton bird in a cage, with drawer fitted base

A 1920s French advertising automaton of a man drinking beer by Gustave Vichy (Vichy-Triboulet). Comprising a figure of a man of wood and plaster construction sitting on a stool wearing an Edwardian tailcoat, waistcoat and bow-tie and holding a mug and bottle of beer. Much of the wire and lever mechanism is present, however the outer case of the base is missing and the figure's legs are detached. Restoration and reconstruction is needed to many parts. £200-300

A mid 20th century electric automaton, as a jester, 82cm high

John Maltby (British, born 1936)/The Sloop Albert off the Island/signed verso/painted wood automaton, 31cm high x 25cm wide Condition Report: *PLEASE NOTE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT MAY APPLY TO THIS LOT* Contact us if you require further information.

William Creak, Royal Exchange London, an automaton bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell, with pull-repeat of the last hour at will, with a fully engraved backplate of floral and c-scroll decoration and engraved with the maker's name Wm. Creak, Royal Exchange, London, the brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and Arabic outer five-minute markings, with the matted dial centre having a date aperture and inset silvered plaque engraved with a repeat of the maker's signature, with blued steel hands, the arch having a well-painted depiction of a couple in period dress playing badminton within a garden setting with the two racquets moving in sequence as the shuttlecock moves between the two as the clock ticks, the inverted bell-top ebonised case having curved canted corners, coloured glass to the two apertures above the arch of the dial, further decorative glass apertures to the sides, a brass carrying handle to the top and standing on ebonised pad feet, height 47.5cms, handle down, 51.5cms, handle up.* Biography William Creak was a well-regarded maker working in London from circa 1740 until at least 1775, being at the Royal Exchange from 1754. He made a number of fine musical and automata clocks for the Eastern Export market. There are examples of his clocks and watches in various museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, South Kensington and the Amsterdam Museum.

A German silver automaton musical box: the hinged lid enclosing a rotating singing bird, the case decorated with birds perched amongst flowering shrubs and plants, stamped 800 and contained in a Tessiers Ltd, New Bond Street retail box. 10.5cm. wide. (bellows in need of attention).

A late 19th Century early 20th Century automaton yellow singing bird with branch and foliage

A Victorian musical "singing bird" automaton music box, the two gilt brass cherubic design lids opening to reveal two singing birds, encased in a floral design ivory panelled case framed in rosewood, tortoiseshell panel to base, 16 x 9 x 6cm

A vintage Disney Mickey Mouse Automaton watch by Bradley featuring the iconic character with moving arms. Set to a vintage brown leather strap. Measures 3.5 cm diameter (face).

A mid 18th Century black japanned and gilt decorated longcase clock by James Robinson, Wellclose Square, London, the 12ins arched brass dial with wide silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, matted dial centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, spandrels cast in gilt to represent the four seasons, and with rocking ship automaton to arch, to the eight day two train five pillar movement striking on a bell, contained in black japanned case decorated in gilt with chinoiseries, shaped cresting and plain turned pillars to hood, arched trunk and on plinth base, 88ins high Note: James Robinson recorded working in London (Grace's Alley) 1730-1770

A 20th Century cream plastic automaton wall clock by Odo, green Roman numerals, brass hands, automaton of a man hammering a bell, 30.5 cm high

A 20th Century bird cage automaton

Chinon CE-5 camera, three various lenses, a Kodak Ektra camera and a Duracell 2006 World Cup "Bunny" automaton

A George III 8-day long case clock by H Rendell of Tiverton, having an arched brass face, with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture, with an automaton rocking figure of Father Time to the arch, in cross-banded oak case

Automaton Chess Player.- Mechanical Illusion.- Reynell (H. printers in Piccadilly) The Famous Chess-Player, No. 14, St. James's-Street, next Brooks's, broadside advertisement for "The famous Automaton", letterpress, on laid paper with large watermark of coat of arms, sheet 314 x 190 mm. (12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in), light folds and handling creases, unframed, [ESTC records two copies, BL and NY Public Library], 'Printed by H. Reynell, (No. 21) Piccadilly, near the Hay-Market', [1784].⁂ "The Turk", also known as the Mechanical Turk or Automaton Chess Player, was a fake chess-playing machine that was constructed in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen (Hungarian author and inventor, 1734-1804). It was initially constructed to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and following a second exhibition of it to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, Kempelen was reluctantly encouraged to begin a European tour in 1783. It stayed a year in London in 1784, where as the present advertisement notes, it could be viewed for 'five shillings'.

Early 20th Century Brass Singing Bird Automaton. The bird perched on a bar within the birdcage, the little red bird charmingly sings when the mechanism is wound. Wire loop for suspension, approx approx 29 cms.

A VICTORIAN AUTOMATON ANIMAL "TIGER" WITH NODDING HEAD, on a wooden base with wheels. 17.5ins long.

AN UNUSUAL LATE 19TH CENTURY GERMAN AUTOMATON, of a doll in a rocking chair. 10ins high.

A RARE EARLY 19th CENTURY FRENCH JAQUEMARTS AUTOMATON QUARTER CHIMING POCKET WATCH the gilt case with blue enamel back and matching dial with applied mixed metal moving figures both striking the bells on the quarters fronting a spring driven key wound verge movement with push repeat mechanism striking the quarters on two gongs 55mm diameter

A MID 19th CENTURY FRENCH MONKEY HARPIST AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX in unrestored condition, the seated monkey, holding a gilt harp, with papier mache head and glass eyes having original costume of silk tail coat, breeches and stockings, sat on a velvet covered stool enclosing a spring driven musical movement with chains to link hands, head and mouth 49cm high - movement does function and play when wound

Five gentlemen's wristwatches to include Sekonda, Hilfiger, Aviator F-Series, Citizen automatic; together with a Smiths Ranger automaton chrome case pocket watch (at fault)

French brass mantel clock by Jonas, Paris, circa 1900, the case with silvered quilted panels to the sides embellished with brass figures emblematic of the seasons, the dial similarly adorned with a winged cherub mask, brass chapter ring signed 'Shausburg, Paris', the movement signed 'Jonas', probably originally an automaton mantel clock, the automaton now deficient and the movement within the base not working, all raised on scroll feet, height 25.5cmPlease note our special conditions of sale regarding clocks and watches

A VINTAGE FOLK ART CONTINENTAL AUTOMATON A/F

Four various plastic dolls, two bisque head dolls (one comprising an automaton), and a bisque dolls head (all three damaged), and a Leeway coach built doll's pram, with canvas hood and cover, 35" long (8) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

A rare & working bear automaton 'money collecting'

ORIENTAL FIGURE WITH PARASOL SPELTER AUTOMATON AF AND PR. COLD PAINTED SPELTER DUTCH FIGURES AF

A Napoleonic French prisoner of war carved bone spinning Jenny automaton, early 19th century, the figure standing behind a wheel, with cogs and hand crank between two platforms, on a turned circular base, height 13.5cm, width 6cm, depth 6cm.