Spinning jenny avec 3 personnages...
(artiste et date inconnus)
http://www.martelmaidesauctions.com 20170118
http://www.martelmaidesauctions.com St. Peter Port
, Guernsey
An early 19th century Napoleonic Prisoner of War spinning jenny bone
automaton, French, with two partially painted polychrome Breton ladies,
both sat on high open carved chairs with mechanically moving arms and
head, one making a ball of thread with a short length of twine, the
other working the spinning wheel, together with a painted gentleman with
articulated head, arms and leg, appearing to operate a treadle lathe
and drawknife, all raised on a bordered platform over gears, some losses
and modern repairs, 4½in. (11.4 cm.) high. source : https://www.the-saleroom.com
- Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 GBP
(artiste et date inconnus)
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