Старинные автоматоны. Продолжение

Старинные автоматоны

Старинные автоматоны из Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey,, Edinburgh, Shelburne Museum,Musee Mecanique San Francisco.
Каких только нет- от маленьких до величины человеческого роста, даже сцены казни есть и курильщики опиума.

Monkey Dandy, c. 1880

Seamstress Automaton

Evil cat-toy automaton in the Museum Of Childhood

----------the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey----------

Monkey Harpist, c. 1875

Monkey Harpist, c. 1875

Made by Vichy in Paris, France. Vichy-made automata were known for the "flexibility and precision of their gestures" and "good taste of their costumes," according to an 1878 observer. This well-dressed harpist "plucks' the harp as a concealed musical box mechanism plays a song from the comedic opera bouffe, Giroflé-Girofla.

At the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey

Made by Phalibois in Paris France. As he dabs his lips with a handkerchief and swings his ornate cane, this monkey epitomizes the "dandy" who emerged in 1790s London and appeared in French society by the 1820s. Dandies placed huge importance on looks and tried to imitate an aristocratic lifestyle.

Monkey Musicians, c. 1855
Made by Théroude in Paris France. Once, aristocrats would have musicians play for them. But it is after the French Revolution, and the tables have turned! Here, aristocrats, in the form of monkeys, are the ones doing the entertaining.

In the viewable automata storage area, housed in the basement of the Morris Museum.

Mechanical Figures

Strange Automata Music Machine

Automata Cat Harpist and a Couple

Group of Automata

Magician Automaton

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monkey chef

Monkey musicians automaton
Museum of Childhood
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To retrieve saved money, you would pull out the small drawer.

From the Toy Museum in Prague, Czech Republic

-----------------Shelburne Museum --------------

Большие, в человеческий рост: